Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,
[Federal Register: July 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 134)]
[Notices]
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[DOCID:fr14jy99-122]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; The Impact and Costs of Sealants in Young Child Population
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on March 31, 1999, page 15367, and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection
Title: The Impact and Costs of Sealants in Young Child Populations.
Type of Information Collection Request: Revision. Need and use of Information Collection; This study will assess the value (costs and effects) of providing dental sealants to the child population with erupted permanent posterior teeth (approximately ages 6-12) under alternative financial support programs in existing oral health care delivery systems and across two socioeconomic groups. The primary objectives of the study are to determine if various levels of dental insurance influence the use of dental sealants, if costs attributable to sealants in a payment program provide value in terms of reduced caries, and if providing dental sealants to specific tooth surfaces of children merits the investment of limited resources within a larger oral health care program. The findings will provide valuable information concerning: 1. Real disease reductions possible using dental sealants for age-appropriate child populations within the existing oral health delivery system, 2. the costs of, and estimated savings from, providing sealants rather than restorative care,and 3. the marginal benefits and cost benefits of adding sealants to ``normative'' caries prevention efforts in age-appropriate child populations.
Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Businesses or other For-Profits. Type of respondents: Children, Parents, and Dentists. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1. Average Burden hours per Response: .1200; and Estimated Total Annual Hours Requested: 766. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $964. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
The number of required respondents has been reduced significantly due to the proposed modification of the approach to meeting the objectives of the study. Data gathered from approximately 400 children enrolled to date under the study's insurance coverage will be supplemented by administrative data already collected from large numbers of children who are receiving dental care through private insurance, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and Medicaid. No contact with these children is required, and there will be no identifying information in the data obtained. The result of the proposed modification is that the respondent burden for the component of this study that involves direct contact with subjects is reduced substantially. The burden estimates are as follows:
No. of Avg. burden/ No. of responses per response respondents respondent
(hour)
Parents.........................................................
500
4
.125 Children........................................................
400
4
.129 Dentists........................................................
300
1
.033
Request for Comments
Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
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clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB
Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact: Dr. Robert H. Selwitz, Health Policy Analysis and Development Branch, NIDCR, NIH, Natcher Building, Room 3AN-44J, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 594-3977, or e- mail your request, including your address to: Robert.Selwitz@nih.gov.
Comments Due Date
Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before August 13, 1999.
Dated: July 7, 1999. Yvonne H. du Buy, Executive Officer, NIDCR.
[FR Doc. 99-17926Filed7-13-99; 8:45 am]
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