PRINTER'S NO. 2172
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
463
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, SABATINA, TARTAGLIONE, BOSCOLA, DINNIMAN,
GREENLEAF, BARTOLOTTA, FONTANA, ARGALL, BREWSTER,
RESCHENTHALER, KILLION, SCHWANK, FARNESE, VULAKOVICH,
HUTCHINSON, WARD, BROWNE, AUMENT AND RAFFERTY,
OCTOBER 18, 2016
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 18, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of November 2016 as "COPD Awareness Month"
in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a
term used to describe airflow obstruction that is associated
mainly with emphysema and chronic bronchitis; and
WHEREAS, COPD affects more than 24 million individuals in the
United States and kills more than 140,000 Americans every year;
and
WHEREAS, An estimated 12.7 million adults 18 years of age or
older have reported a diagnosis of COPD; and
WHEREAS, COPD currently accounts for 1.5 million emergency
room visits, 726,000 hospitalizations and 8 million physician
office visits and hospital outpatient visits, all of which are
detrimental to the United States economy; and
WHEREAS, COPD costs the nation an estimated $49.9 billion in
direct and indirect medical costs annually; and
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