Notice2023-19079
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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Published
September 5, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Abstract
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 "Use of Open-Ended Responses to Explore Disparities in Patient Experience." This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on June 27th, 2023, and allowed 60 days for public comment. AHRQ received no substantive comments from members of the public. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60683-60684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19079]
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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 ``Use of Open-Ended Responses to Explore Disparities in Patient
Experience.'' This proposed information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register on June 27th, 2023, and allowed 60
days for public comment. AHRQ received no substantive comments from
members of the public. The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 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 email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e88c879a819bc6848d8e83879f819c92a8a9a0bab9c680809bc68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dabeb5a8b3a9f4b6bfbcb1b5adb3aea09a9b92888bf4b2b2a9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Use of Open-Ended Responses To Explore Disparities in Patient
Experience
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)
program, which is sponsored by AHRQ, has the purpose of advancing the
scientific understanding of the patient experience of care, including
the development and testing of new surveys and/or approaches to data
collection to promote or improve the collection of consumer reports and
evaluations of their experiences with health care.
This Project has the following goals:
(1) Use open-ended (narrative) responses to provide context,
detail, and understanding regarding observed differences in patient
experience based on race, ethnicity, gender, and preferred language.
(2) Use Clinician and Group-CAHPS Narrative Item Set (NIS)-
generated narrative data to examine potential algorithmic bias in
natural language programs (NLP) that could potentially be used to code
large quantities of narrative data.
(3) Where algorithmic bias is uncovered, use this analysis to
identify adjustments that can be applied to both the input for these
programs or the outputs.
This project is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor, the
RAND Corporation, 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 healthcare services and with
respect to quality measurement and improvement. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1)
and (2).
Method of Collection
To achieve the goals of this project the following data collections
will be implemented:
Online survey: Data will be collected from a sample of 4,998 survey
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respondents drawn from the Ipsos KnowledgePanel, a large nationwide
online panel of American adults (over 50,000 panelists) with
demographic characteristics consistent with the adult U.S. population.
Equal-sized subsamples will be drawn for each of the following groups:
non-Hispanic Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander;
non-Hispanic Black; Spanish-speaking Hispanic; English-speaking
Hispanic; non-Hispanic Multiracial; and non-Hispanic White. Within
these six subsamples, we will strive to recruit a roughly equal split
of men and women. The survey will be fielded in English and Spanish
based on respondent-preferred language.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for survey
respondents' time to participate in this data collection. All
participants will complete the Online Survey, which is estimated to
take 17 minutes per response. The total annual burden hours are
estimated to be 1,416 hours.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden associated
with the respondents' time to participate in this data collection. The
cost burden is estimated to be $39,662.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Online Survey................................... 4,998 1 .28 1,416
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Total....................................... 4,998 na na 1,416
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Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Form name respondents hours wage rate * burden
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Online Survey................................... 4,998 1,416 \a\ $28.01 $39,662
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Total....................................... 4,998 1,416 Na 39,662
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* The May 2017 National Employment and Wage Estimates reported by the Bureau of Labor statistics indicate an
average hourly wage of $28.01 across the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The national average has
been used to estimate the wages of survey respondents. The Knowledge Panel consists of a broad cross-section
of the U.S. adult population, and thus a national average should be a reasonable estimate of the wages of
survey respondents. National Compensation Survey: Occupational wages in the United States May 2021, ``U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.''
\a\ Based on the mean wages for all occupations, code 00-0000.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520, 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.
Dated: August 30, 2023.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2023-19079 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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