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D Description of whether the above
studies constitute ALL Phase II and
above clinical trials sponsored by your
organization for this indication and an
index outlining the relevant information
in each submitted file.
Your contribution will be very
beneficial to the EPC Program. Materials
submitted must be publicly available or
able to be made public. Materials that
are considered confidential; marketing
materials; study types not included in
the review; or information on
indications not included in the review
cannot be used by the EPC Program.
This is a voluntary request for
information, and all costs for complying
with this request must be borne by the
submitter.
The draft of this review will be posted
on AHRQ’s EPC Program website and
available for public comment for a
period of 4 weeks. If you would like to
be notified when the draft is posted,
please sign up for the email list at:
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www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/
email-updates.
The systematic review will answer the
following questions. This information is
provided as background. AHRQ is not
requesting that the public provide
answers to these questions.
The Key Questions
Key Question 1. Effectiveness and
Comparative Effectiveness
a. In patients with chronic pain, what
is the effectiveness of nonopioid
pharmacologic agents versus placebo for
outcomes related to pain, function, and
quality of life, after short-term treatment
duration (3 to 6 months), intermediateterm treatment duration (6 to 12
months), and long-term treatment
duration (≥12 months)?
b. In patients with chronic pain, what
is the comparative effectiveness of
nonopioid pharmacologic agents
compared to other nonopioid
pharmacologic agents for outcomes
related to pain, function, and quality of
life, after short-term treatment duration
(3 to 6 months), intermediate-term
treatment duration (6 to 12 months), and
long-term treatment duration (≥12
months)?
c. How does effectiveness or
comparative effectiveness vary
depending on: (1) The specific type or
cause of pain, (2) patient demographics,
(3) patient comorbidities, (4) the dose of
medication used, (5) the duration of
treatment, and (6) dose titration,
including tapering.
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Key Question 2. Harms and Adverse
Events
a. In patients with chronic pain, what
are the risks of nonopioid
pharmacologic agents for harms
including overdose, misuse,
dependence, withdrawals due to
adverse events, and serious adverse
events (including falls, fractures, motor
vehicle accidents), and specific adverse
events, according to drug class?
b. How do harms vary depending on:
(1) The specific type or cause of pain,
(2) patient demographics, (3) patient
comorbidities, (4) the dose of
medication used, (5) the duration of
treatment, and (6) dose titration,
including tapering.
PICOTS (Populations, Interventions,
Comparators, Outcomes, Timing,
Settings) Population(s):
• For all Key Questions (KQs): Adults
(age ≥18 years) with various types of
chronic pain (defined as pain lasting >3
months), including patients with acute
exacerbations of chronic pain, pregnant/
breastfeeding women, and patients with
opioid use disorder
• For KQs 1c, 2b: Subgroups of the
above patient populations as defined by
specific pain condition (neuropathic
pain, musculoskeletal pain,
fibromyalgia, inflammatory arthritis,
and chronic headache), patient
demographics (e.g., age, race, ethnicity,
and sex), comorbidities and degree of
nociplasticity/central sensitization.
Interventions:
• Oral pharmacologic agents:
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,
acetaminophen, muscle relaxants
(including benzodiazepines),
antidepressants, and anticonvulsants
• Topical pharmacologic agents:
diclofenac, capsaicin, and lidocaine
• Medical cannabis (any formulation)
Comparators:
• For KQ 1a/c and KQ2: Placebo
(effectiveness)
• For KQ 1b/c and KQ2: Another
included nonopioid pharmacologic
agent, different doses, or treatment
durations (comparative effectiveness)
Outcomes:
• KQ 1: Pain (intensity, severity,
bothersomeness), function (physical
disability, activity limitations, activity
interference, work function), and
quality of life (including depression)
o Only validated scales for
assessments of pain, function, and
quality of life
• KQ 2: For all drug classes: Overdose,
misuse, dependence, withdrawals due
to adverse events, and serious adverse
events. Specific adverse events for
each drug class, such as
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gastrointestinal events, cardiovascular
events, and liver or kidney-related
harms for non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs; weight gain,
sedation, and cognitive effects for
gabapentin and pregabalin, etc.
Timing:
• Short-term treatment duration (3 to 6
months), intermediate-term treatment
duration (6 to 12 months), and longterm treatment duration (≥12 months)
• We will assess available literature to
ensure that adequate evidence exists
from studies of ≥3 months’ treatment
duration. If adequate evidence is not
available for this shorter-duration, we
will consider adding shorter-duration
studies. If high-quality systematic
reviews are available covering the
scope of the review for shorter
duration studies, we will summarize
these in this case
Settings:
• Outpatient settings (e.g., primary care,
pain clinics, other specialty clinics)
Gopal Khanna,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project:
‘‘Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Culture Comparative Database.’’
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by May 20, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
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emails at doris.lefkowitz@
AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
‘‘Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Culture Comparative Database.’’
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
AHRQ invites the public to comment on
this proposed information collection.
The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Culture (Hospital SOPS) is designed to
enable hospitals to assess provider and
staff perspectives about patient safety
issues, medical error, and error
reporting. The Hospital SOPS includes
42 items that measure 12 composites of
patient safety culture. AHRQ first made
the Hospital SOPS publicly available,
along with a Survey User’s Guide and
other toolkit materials, in November
2004 on the AHRQ website.
The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Culture Comparative Database (Hospital
SOPS Database) consists of data from
the Hospital SOPS and may include
reportable, non-required supplemental
items. Hospitals in the U.S. can
voluntarily submit data from the survey
to AHRQ, through its contractor, Westat.
The Hospital SOPS Database (OMB NO.
0935–0162, last approved on September
30, 2016) was developed by AHRQ in
2006 in response to requests from
hospitals interested in tracking their
own survey results. Those organizations
submitting data receive a feedback
report, as well as a report of the
aggregated de-identified findings of the
other hospitals submitting data. These
reports are used to assist hospital staff
in their efforts to improve patient safety
culture in their organizations.
Rationale for the Information
Collection
The Hospital SOPS and the Hospital
SOPS Database support AHRQ’s goals of
promoting improvements in the quality
and safety of health care in hospital
settings. The survey, toolkit materials,
and database results are all made
publicly available on AHRQ’s website.
Technical assistance is provided by
AHRQ through its contractor at no
charge to hospitals, to facilitate the use
of these materials for hospital patient
safety and quality improvement.
This database will:
1. Present results from hospitals that
voluntarily submit their data,
2. provide data to hospitals to
facilitate internal assessment and
learning in the patient safety
improvement process, and
3. provide supplemental information
to help hospitals identify their strengths
and areas with potential for
improvement in patient safety culture.
This study is being conducted by
AHRQ through its contractor, Westat,
pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory authority
to conduct and support research on
health care and on systems for the
delivery of such care, including
activities with respect to the quality,
effectiveness, efficiency,
appropriateness and value of health care
services and with respect to surveys and
database development. 42 U.S.C.
299a(a)(1) and (8)
Method of Collection
To achieve the goal of this project the
following activities and data collections
will be implemented:
1. Eligibility and Registration Form—
The hospital point-of-contact (POC)
completes a number of data submission
steps and forms, beginning with the
completion of an online Eligibility and
Registration Form. The purpose of this
form is to collect basic demographic
information about the hospital and
initiate the registration process.
2. Data Use Agreement—The purpose
of the data use agreement, completed by
the hospital POC, is to state how data
submitted by hospitals will be used and
provide privacy assurances.
3. Hospital Site Information Form—
The purpose of the site information
form, also completed by the hospital
POC, is to collect background
characteristics of the hospital. This
information will be used to analyze data
collected with the Hospital SOPS
survey.
4. Data Files Submission—POCs
upload their data file(s), using hospital
data file specifications, to ensure that
users submit standardized and
consistent data in the way variables are
named, coded, and formatted. The
number of submissions to the database
is likely to vary each year because
hospitals do not administer the survey
and submit data every year. Data
submission is typically handled by one
POC who is either a patient safety
manager in the hospital or a survey
vendor who contracts with a hospital to
collect and submit their data. POCs
submit data on behalf of 3 hospitals, on
average, because many hospitals are part
of a health system that includes many
hospitals, or the POC is a vendor that is
submitting data for multiple hospitals.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents’ time to participate in the
database. An estimated 340 POCs, each
representing an average of 3 individual
hospitals each, will complete the
database submission steps and forms
annually. Each POC will submit the
following:
• Eligibility and registration form
(completion is estimated to take about 3
minutes).
• Data Use Agreement (completion is
estimated to take about 3 minutes).
• Hospital Information Form
(completion is estimated to take about 5
minutes).
• Survey data submission will take an
average of one hour.
The total annual burden hours are
estimated to be 459 hours. Exhibit 2
shows the estimated annualized cost
burden based on the respondents’ time
to submit their data. The cost burden is
estimated to be $26,572 annually.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents/
POCs
Form name
Number of
responses
per POC
Hours per
response
Total
burden
hours
Eligibility/Registration Form .............................................................................
Data Use Agreement .......................................................................................
Hospital Information Form ...............................................................................
Data Files Submission .....................................................................................
340
340
340
340
1
1
3
1
3/60
3/60
5/60
1
17
17
85
340
Total ..........................................................................................................
N/A
N/A
N/A
459
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EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents/
POCs
Form name
Total
burden
hours
Average
hourly
wage rate *
Total
cost
burden
Eligibility/Registration Form .............................................................................
Data Use Agreement .......................................................................................
Hospital Information Form ...............................................................................
Data Files Submission .....................................................................................
340
340
340
340
17
17
85
340
$57.89
57.89
57.89
57.89
$984
984
4,921
19,683
Total ..........................................................................................................
N/A
N/A
N/A
26,572
* Mean hourly wage of $57.89 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11–9111) was obtained from the May 2017 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 622000—Hospitals, located at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_
622000.htm.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ’s health care
research and health care information
dissemination functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including
hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the Agency’s subsequent
request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
The directories for both
listed and delisted PSOs are ongoing
and reviewed weekly by AHRQ. Both
directories can be accessed
electronically at the following HHS
website: https://www.pso.ahrq.gov/listed.
ADDRESSES:
Cathryn Bach, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ,
5600 Fishers Lane, MS 06N100B,
Rockville, MD 20857; Telephone (toll
free): (866) 403–3697; Telephone (local):
(301) 427–1111; TTY (toll free): (866)
438–7231; TTY (local): (301) 427–1130;
Email: pso@ahrq.hhs.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Background
Patient Safety Organizations:
Voluntary Relinquishment From
Quality Alliance Patient Safety
Organization
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of delisting.
AGENCY:
The Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Final Rule
SUMMARY:
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The delisting was effective at
12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on December
31, 2018.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gopal Khanna,
Director.
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(Patient Safety Rule) authorizes AHRQ,
on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list
as a patient safety organization (PSO) an
entity that attests that it meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ by
the Secretary if it is found to no longer
meet the requirements of the Patient
Safety and Quality Improvement Act of
2005 (Patient Safety Act) and Patient
Safety Rule, when a PSO chooses to
voluntarily relinquish its status as a
PSO for any reason, or when a PSO’s
listing expires. AHRQ has accepted a
notification of voluntary relinquishment
from the Quality Alliance Patient Safety
Organization, PSO number P0163, of its
status as a PSO, and has delisted the
PSO accordingly.
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The Patient Safety Act, 42 U.S.C.
299b–21 to 299b–26, and the related
Patient Safety Rule, 42 CFR part 3,
published in the Federal Register on
November 21, 2008, 73 FR 70732–
70814, establish a framework by which
individuals and entities that meet the
definition of provider in the Patient
Safety Rule may voluntarily report
information to PSOs listed by AHRQ, on
a privileged and confidential basis, for
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the aggregation and analysis of patient
safety events.
The Patient Safety Act authorizes the
listing of PSOs, which are entities or
component organizations whose
mission and primary activity are to
conduct activities to improve patient
safety and the quality of health care
delivery.
HHS issued the Patient Safety Rule to
implement the Patient Safety Act.
AHRQ administers the provisions of the
Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety
Rule relating to the listing and operation
of PSOs. The Patient Safety Rule
authorizes AHRQ to list as a PSO an
entity that attests that it meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ if
it is found to no longer meet the
requirements of the Patient Safety Act
and Patient Safety Rule, when a PSO
chooses to voluntarily relinquish its
status as a PSO for any reason, or when
a PSO’s listing expires. Section 3.108(d)
of the Patient Safety Rule requires
AHRQ to provide public notice when it
removes an organization from the list of
federally approved PSOs.
AHRQ has accepted a notification
from Quality Alliance Patient Safety
Organization, a component entity of
Memorial Health System, Midwest
Healthcare Quality Alliance, Southern
Illinois University HealthCare and
Springfield Clinic, LLP, to voluntarily
relinquish its status as a PSO.
Accordingly, Quality Alliance Patient
Safety Organization, P0163, was
delisted effective at 12:00 Midnight ET
(2400) on December 31, 2018.
Quality Alliance Patient Safety
Organization has patient safety work
product (PSWP) in its possession. The
PSO will meet the requirements of
section 3.108(c)(2)(i) of the Patient
Safety Rule regarding notification to
providers that have reported to the PSO
and of section 3.108(c)(2)(ii) regarding
disposition of PSWP consistent with
section 3.108(b)(3). According to section
3.108(b)(3) of the Patient Safety Rule,
the PSO has 90 days from the effective
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection
project: ``Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative
Database.''
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 20, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be
obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by
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emails at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
``Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database.''
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information
collection. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (Hospital
SOPS) is designed to enable hospitals to assess provider and staff
perspectives about patient safety issues, medical error, and error
reporting. The Hospital SOPS includes 42 items that measure 12
composites of patient safety culture. AHRQ first made the Hospital SOPS
publicly available, along with a Survey User's Guide and other toolkit
materials, in November 2004 on the AHRQ website.
The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database
(Hospital SOPS Database) consists of data from the Hospital SOPS and
may include reportable, non-required supplemental items. Hospitals in
the U.S. can voluntarily submit data from the survey to AHRQ, through
its contractor, Westat. The Hospital SOPS Database (OMB NO. 0935-0162,
last approved on September 30, 2016) was developed by AHRQ in 2006 in
response to requests from hospitals interested in tracking their own
survey results. Those organizations submitting data receive a feedback
report, as well as a report of the aggregated de-identified findings of
the other hospitals submitting data. These reports are used to assist
hospital staff in their efforts to improve patient safety culture in
their organizations.
Rationale for the Information Collection
The Hospital SOPS and the Hospital SOPS Database support AHRQ's
goals of promoting improvements in the quality and safety of health
care in hospital settings. The survey, toolkit materials, and database
results are all made publicly available on AHRQ's website. Technical
assistance is provided by AHRQ through its contractor at no charge to
hospitals, to facilitate the use of these materials for hospital
patient safety and quality improvement.
This database will:
1. Present results from hospitals that voluntarily submit their
data,
2. provide data to hospitals to facilitate internal assessment and
learning in the patient safety improvement process, and
3. provide supplemental information to help hospitals identify
their strengths and areas with potential for improvement in patient
safety culture.
This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor,
Westat, pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and support
research on health care and on systems for the delivery of such care,
including activities with respect to the quality, effectiveness,
efficiency, appropriateness and value of health care services and with
respect to surveys and database development. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1) and
(8)
Method of Collection
To achieve the goal of this project the following activities and
data collections will be implemented:
1. Eligibility and Registration Form--The hospital point-of-contact
(POC) completes a number of data submission steps and forms, beginning
with the completion of an online Eligibility and Registration Form. The
purpose of this form is to collect basic demographic information about
the hospital and initiate the registration process.
2. Data Use Agreement--The purpose of the data use agreement,
completed by the hospital POC, is to state how data submitted by
hospitals will be used and provide privacy assurances.
3. Hospital Site Information Form--The purpose of the site
information form, also completed by the hospital POC, is to collect
background characteristics of the hospital. This information will be
used to analyze data collected with the Hospital SOPS survey.
4. Data Files Submission--POCs upload their data file(s), using
hospital data file specifications, to ensure that users submit
standardized and consistent data in the way variables are named, coded,
and formatted. The number of submissions to the database is likely to
vary each year because hospitals do not administer the survey and
submit data every year. Data submission is typically handled by one POC
who is either a patient safety manager in the hospital or a survey
vendor who contracts with a hospital to collect and submit their data.
POCs submit data on behalf of 3 hospitals, on average, because many
hospitals are part of a health system that includes many hospitals, or
the POC is a vendor that is submitting data for multiple hospitals.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents' time to participate in the database. An estimated 340
POCs, each representing an average of 3 individual hospitals each, will
complete the database submission steps and forms annually. Each POC
will submit the following:
Eligibility and registration form (completion is estimated
to take about 3 minutes).
Data Use Agreement (completion is estimated to take about
3 minutes).
Hospital Information Form (completion is estimated to take
about 5 minutes).
Survey data submission will take an average of one hour.
The total annual burden hours are estimated to be 459 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden based on the
respondents' time to submit their data. The cost burden is estimated to
be $26,572 annually.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Number of
Form name respondents/ responses per Hours per Total burden
POCs POC response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eligibility/Registration Form................... 340 1 3/60 17
Data Use Agreement.............................. 340 1 3/60 17
Hospital Information Form....................... 340 3 5/60 85
Data Files Submission........................... 340 1 1 340
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... N/A N/A N/A 459
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Number of
Form name respondents/ Total burden Average hourly Total cost
POCs hours wage rate * burden
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Eligibility/Registration Form................... 340 17 $57.89 $984
Data Use Agreement.............................. 340 17 57.89 984
Hospital Information Form....................... 340 85 57.89 4,921
Data Files Submission........................... 340 340 57.89 19,683
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... N/A N/A N/A 26,572
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* Mean hourly wage of $57.89 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11-9111) was obtained from the
May 2017 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 622000--Hospitals,
located at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_622000.htm.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ's
information collection are requested with regard to any of the
following: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of AHRQ's health care research and
health care information dissemination functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of AHRQ's
estimate of burden (including hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the Agency's subsequent request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Gopal Khanna,
Director.
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