Previous terms
continue: Approved consistent with NCHS's commitment to develop
guidelines for sponsored content, including the impact on the total
length of the NHIS and the criteria to be used to determine if the
sponsored content is appropriate for the NHIS. Non-substantive
change mechanism may be used to modify existing questions and add
depth/additional detail to existing questions. Requests to add
questions, including cycling modules in or out, must be consistent
with the principles of the recent redesign.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2020
6 Months From Approved
12/31/2020
122,579
0
88,450
49,893
0
34,371
0
0
0
The NHIS, conducted by the National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) since 1957, collects, on an
annual basis, nationally representative data on the amount,
distribution, and effects of illness and disability in the
population and on the utilization of health care services for such
conditions. NHIS data are used widely throughout the Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS) to monitor trends in illness and
disability and to track progress toward achieving many of the
health objectives for the nation. The data are also used by the
public health research community for epidemiologic and policy
analysis of such issues as characterizing those with various health
problems, measuring levels of health insurance coverage,
determining barriers to accessing and using healthcare and
evaluating the impact of changes in federal health programs. The
current design of the NHIS questionnaire was implemented in 1997,
and consists of a standard basic or Core Module, covering general
health topics and demographic characteristics that are repeated
annually. In addition to the Core Module, each year supplementary
questions or modules are included. Topics are rotated in and out of
the annual NHIS depending on funding availability and data
requirements of federal programs such as Healthy People 2020. This
request is to modify the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) by
(1) adding COVID-19 related content and (2) modify data collection
procedures to adapt to changing field conditions due to COVID-19.
This request adds 31 COVID-19 related items to and remove 4 lung
cancer items from the survey beginning July 1 and ending December
31. The burden hours associated with modifying the current 2020
Quarter 3 instrument and administering the 2020 Questionnaire
(including the COVID-19 items) to the 2019 sample is expected to
increase the overall burden from 33,921 to 49,443 hours
As of June 14, 2020, the
pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has resulted in
2,063,812 confirmed human infections and 115,271 deaths in the
United States. However much remains unknown about the pandemic’s
impact on the health and social well-being of the American public.
CDC has determined that the requested revisions to this collection
must be collected prior to the expiration of time periods
established under Part 1320, and that this information is essential
to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) emergency
response to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus. This request is to
add 31 COVID-19 related items to the NHIS beginning July 1 and
ending December 31 and to field a follow-up telephone survey with
2019 NHIS sample adults beginning August 1 and ending December 31.
CDC cannot reasonably comply with the normal clearance given the
urgent necessity to collect and disseminate health care access and
measurement error-related data in a timely manner. Therefore, CDC
requests a 180-day emergency clearance to launch this pair of
general population surveys to obtain these data.
US Code:
42
USC 242 Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 347 511 Name of Law: Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
Added COVID-related questions
including a 2019 follow-back survey. The burden hours were off a
little in the ROCIS Burden section from the last Change Request but
were correctly listed in the SSA.
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.