Characteristics of Twitter Use by State Medicaid Programs in the United States: Machine Learning Approach.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Twitter is a potentially valuable tool for public health officials and state Medicaid programs in the United States, which provide public health insurance to 72 million Americans.

Authors

  • Jane M Zhu
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States.
  • Abeed Sarker
    Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • Sarah Gollust
    Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
  • Raina Merchant
    Center for Digital Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
  • David Grande
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.