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<bold>Simulation Study on Digital Divide Propagation Path of Elderly Medical Treatment Based on Graph Neural Network and Public Social Network Data</bold>

Yang

Linna

linayang827@outlook.com

School of Economics and Management, Lanzhou Institute of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

01 10 2026

38 79

Received: 2472026

2026

Linna Yang (Author)

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Digital divided in medical treatment for the elderly; Graph neural network; Propagation path simulation; Heterogeneous social networks; Optimization of intervention strategy

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