# Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
*Drug Abuse Warning Network (OMB number 0930-0078, revision* —The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) is an on-going data system that currently collects information on drug abuse-related medical emergencies and deaths as reported from about 466 hospitals and 137 medical examiners/coroners (ME/C) nationwide. DAWN provides national and metropolitan estimated of substances involved with drug-related ED visits; disseminates information about substances involved in deaths investigated by participating ME/Cs; provides a means for monitoring drug abuse patterns, trends, and the emergence of new substances; assesses health hazards associated with drug use; and generates information for national and local drug abuse policy and program planning. DAWN data are used by Federal, State, and local agencies, as well as universities, pharmaceutical companies, and the press.
The current emergency department (ED) sample supports estimates for the coterminous U.S. and 21 major metropolitan areas. Beginning in 2003, the DAWN case definition will be changed to obtain more consistent and reliable data on drug abuse cases and also will capture additional cases where drug use/misuse led to ED visits or deaths for conditions such as adverse drug reactions, underage drinking and malicious poisonings. To achieve better geographic and population coverage, the ED sample will be expanded to support estimates for the full U.S. and 48 metropolitan areas. By the end of 2005, the sample will include approximately 841 hospitals. To achieve complete coverage, approximately 66 non-participating ME/C jurisdictions in the 48 metropolitan areas targeted for the ED expansion will be added in lieu of a sample. Facilities (EDs and ME/Cs) will continue to use the current forms in early 2003 to complete reporting on events occurring through December 2002, but will use the revised forms for all events occurring from 1/1/2003 forward.
| | Number of respondent facilities | Estimated number of responses per respondent | Estimated time per response | Gross burden hours | IR
reporting hours | Total adjusted burden hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | | | |
| Current Forms | 166 | 36 | 9 min. | 896 | 448 | 448 |
| Current eHERS | 300 | 36 | 9min | 1,620 | 810 | 810 |
| ED Logs | 166 | 16 | 2 min | 88 | 44 | 44 |
| Subtotal | | | | | | 1,302 |
| | | | | | | |
| Current Forms | 20 | 70 | 15 min | 350 | 175 | 175 |
| Current eMERS | 119 | 70 | 15 min | 2,082 | 1,041 | 1,041 |
| ME Logs | 20 | 40 | 2 min | 26 | 13 | 13 |
| Subtotal | | | | | | 1,229 |
| Total | | | | | | 2,531 |
| | Number of respondent facilities | Estimated number of responses per respondent | Estimated time per response | Gross burden hours | IR
reporting hours | Total adjusted burden hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | | | |
| Revised
Forms | 100 | 354 | 12 min | 7,080 | 3,540 | 3,540 |
| Revised eHERS | 786 | 1,596 | 12 min | 250,891 | 125,446 | 125,445 |
| Subtotal | | | | | | 128,985 |
| | | | | | | |
| Revised
Forms | 20 | 60 | 15 min | 300 | 150 | 150 |
| Revised eMERS | 259 | 264 | 15 min | 17,094 | 8,547 | 8,547 |
| Subtotal | | | | | | 8,697 |
| Total | | | | | | 137,682 |
| | Total adjusted burden hours |
| --- | --- |
| Emergency Departments, Total Burden | 130,287 |
| Medical Examiners/Coroners, Total Burden | 9,926 |
| Total Burden (ED and ME/C) | 140,213 |
| Annualized Burden | 46,738 |
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: Allison Herron Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: October 1, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.