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Table 1 Network centrality indicators of agencies and policies

From: Understanding public interest and needs in health policies through the application of social network analysis on a governmental Facebook fan page

Agency

Out-Degree Centrality

Betweenness Centrality

Department of nursing and health care

194

156,100.104

Social and Family affairs administration

118

96,446.879

Food and drug administration

47

38,693.049

Department of medical affairs

44

35,668.198

National health insurance administration

41

33,989.732

National pension supervisory committee

39

33,597.196

Other agencies

29

22,054.933

Department of Chinese medicine and pharmacy

25

20,403.471

Department of mental and oral health

21

16,926.273

Health promotion administration

17

11,438.557

Department of protective services

12

9556.125

Department of social assistance and social network

11

9550.283

Centers for disease control

5

2231.199

Department of planning

1

0.000

Policy

Out-Degree Centrality

Betweenness Centrality

Long-term care

193

156,021.169

Medical care

109

92,621.151

Food and drug

79

66,792.145

Protective services

52

45,829.367

Health insurance and pension

42

35,732.988

Physical and mental health promotion

41

33,734.765

Other policies

36

28,418.174

Welfare services for minority groups

29

20,799.983

Measures against infectious diseases and epidemics

4

1152.258

  1. Note:
  2. 1. Out-Degree Centrality: shows the number of total edges within one area to show which agency or policy receives the highest number of responses
  3. 2. Betweenness Centrality: higher values indicate a key vertices, signifying it as an important bridge between different vertices within the network