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. 2023 Aug 23;25:e42669. doi: 10.2196/42669

Table 1.

Categories and subcategories of social media accounts.

Category Description Subcategories
Association Professional associations Hospital association, international association, medical association, and scientific association
Community Civilian communities Community Facebook page
Education Educational outlets Facebook page, hospital, national library, research institution, university, and university Facebook page
Enterprise For-profit firms Directory, laboratory, and pharmacy
Hospital Health service providers Clinic and institute
Individual Common citizens Journalist and physician
Media Media companies Blog, magazine, migrated media, new media, news agency, newspaper, portal, radio station, TV channel, and TV news channel
NGOa Nonprofit organization Organizations not for profit
Unknown Uncleared items All other items

aNGO: nongovernmental organization.