NCHS will
continue to update OMB regularly regarding challenges with and
progress toward recruiting hospitals and their ability to
efficiently transfer data to NCHS, as well as its progress on
developing the sampling frame for free standing ambulatory care
facilities.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2022
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2019
6,482
0
7,458
7,080
0
8,232
0
0
0
The goal of the National Hospital Care
Survey (NHCS) is to assess the health of the population through the
creation of a dataset that contains information on health care
utilization as well as the demographic characteristics, medical
conditions, and treatment of patients who use hospitals for
inpatient and ambulatory medical care in the United States. This
Revision requests the following: • Continue recruitment of
hospitals in the sample for the NHCS. • Continue the collection of
hospital-level data through an initial intake questionnaire and an
Annual Hospital Interview for all sampled hospitals. • Continue the
collection of electronic data on inpatient discharges as well as
Emergency Department (ED) and Outpatient Department (OPD) visits
through the collection of Electronic Health Record (EHR) data,
UB-04 claims, or a state file. • Continue collection of
substance-involved ED visit data through the ED component. •
Eliminate the “Annual Ambulatory Hospital Interview” (578 hours of
burden) administered as part of medical record abstraction of a
sample of ED and OPD visits. • Postpone frame development for
free-standing ambulatory care facilities. • Continue to make
relatively minor additions, deletions, and changes to the survey
through the use of non-substantive change submissions.
US Code:
42
USC 242k Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
Revision of 0920-0212 (NHCS)
results in a net decrease of 1,152 Burden Hours due to the removal
of the Annual Ambulatory Hospital Interview (578 hours); reduction
of the number of hospitals receiving the Intake Questionnaire (10
hours) or Recruitment Survey Presentation (10 hours); and a
decrease in the number of hospitals transmitting UB-04 claims (984
hours). There were 430 hours added as a result of more hospitals in
the sample submitting EHR data (396 hours) and the slight increase
in sample size requiring more hospitals to complete the Annual
Hospital Interview (34 hours).
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 0920-0212 Initial Hospital Intake Questionnaire
Att M - Summary Update.docx
Att G - ERB Approval Notice for NHCS.pdf
Att A - Legislative Authority to Collect Data on Hospital Utilization.rtf
Initial Hospital Intake Questionnaire