title: Public health: an essential commitment to the nation.
authors.affiliation: United States Senate, Washington, District of Columbia 20510, USA. senator@kennedy.senate.gov
authors.forename: Edward M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017149:Private Sector; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics*; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000191:economics*; D017150:Public Sector; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States