Twitter Sentiment Predicts Affordable Care Act Marketplace Enrollment

• Main Authors: Wong, Charlene A (Author), Sap, Maarten (Author), Schwartz, Andrew (Author), Town, Robert (Author), Baker, Tom (Author), Ungar, Lyle (Author), Merchant, Raina M (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundTraditional metrics of the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and health insurance marketplaces in the United States include public opinion polls and marketplace enrollment, which are published with a lag of weeks to months. In this rapidly changing environment, a real-time barometer...