Table 1.
Nationwide medical center information and Facebook fan pages in Taiwan.
| Region, ownership, and name of hospital | Hospital scalea | Creation date of Facebook fan page | Number of Facebook fan page “Likes”b | Number of COVID-19 Facebook posts, n (%)c | ||
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Number of beds | Number of employees |
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| Northern, Public | ||||||
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National Taiwan University Hospital | 2289 | 6700 | July 8, 2010 | 10,107 | 25 (3.8) |
| Tri-Service General Hospital | 1793 | 3000 | June 30, 2013 | 13,702 | 65 (10.0) | |
| Taipei Veterans General Hospital | 2803 | 6655 | February 18, 2014 | 3098 | 4 (0.6) | |
| Northern, Private | ||||||
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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou | 3700 | 20,000 | —d | — | 0 (0.0) |
| Cathay General Hospital | 816 | 3400 | —d | — | 0 (0.0) | |
| MacKay Memorial Hospital | 938 | 3600 | August 4, 2016 | 3228 | 5 (0.8) | |
| Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital | 833 | 2300 | March 10, 2020 | 212 | 57 (8.8) | |
| Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital | 726 | 1696 | January 12, 2018 | 1676 | 15 (2.3) | |
| Far Eastern Memorial Hospital | 1383 | 3369 | February 10, 2012 | 2106 | 68 (10.4) | |
| Central, Public | ||||||
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Taichung Veterans General Hospital | 1527 | 4000 | January 30, 2012 | 33,343 | 66 (10.1) |
| Central, Private | ||||||
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Chung Shan Medical University Hospital | 1003 | 2300 | March 30, 2017 | 4945 | 95 (14.6) |
| China Medical University Hospitale | 1722 | 4000 | April 3, 2012 | 389 | 0 (0.0) | |
| Changhua Christian Hospital | 1244 | 5011 | —d | — | 0 (0.0) | |
| Southern, Public | ||||||
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National Cheng Kung University Hospital | 1189 | 5035 | July 9, 2015 | 11,891 | 63 (9.7) |
| Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital | 1482 | 3561 | September 10, 2013 | 17,778 | 66 (10.1) | |
| Southern, Private | ||||||
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Chi Mei Medical Center | 1278 | 3664 | —d | — | 0 (0.0) |
| Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospitalf | 2691 | 6200 | February 16, 2011 | 7398 | 0 (0.0) | |
| Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital | 1720 | 4078 | November 25, 2019 | 1548 | 51 (7.8) | |
| Eastern, Private | ||||||
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Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital | 947 | 1987 | August 20, 2015 | 8577 | 71 (10.9) |
aThe data was obtained from the official website of the hospital (access date: April 30, 2020).
bThe data was obtained from the Facebook fan page of the hospital (access date: April 30, 2020).
cThe collection period of COVID-19 Facebook posts was from December 31, 2019, to April 30, 2020. Percentages were calculated by taking the number of COVID-19 posts by an individual medical center (n) and dividing it by the total number (N) of COVID-19 posts of all national medical centers (multiplied by 100).
dNot available (the official Facebook fan pages were not found).
eDate of the most recent Facebook fan page post: November 2, 2012.
fDate of the most recent Facebook fan page post: November 15, 2013.