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Only 3% of US health care spending goes to public health -K DeSalvo, #sgim2012 plenary. 7:47 AM May 11th via Twitter for Android

Name Katherine Chretien
Location Washington, DC
Web http://www.mother...
Bio Internist, medical educator, humor writer, founder/editor of Mothers in Medicine group blog. On Board of Contributors at USA TODAY.