Table 2 Descriptive Statistics on Social Health Insurance (SHI) Enrollment

Number of people treated for drug susceptible (DS-)TB during the pilot intervention

5887

Number of people unknown or without SHI at treatment initiation (%)

2846 (48.3%)

Number of participants in the pilot intervention (%)

115 (4.0%)

Number of participants with DS-TB enrolled in SHI (%)

88 (76.5%)

 Median (IQR) days between treatment start and SHI card issuance

34.5 (24–68)

 Median (IQR) days for study enrollment

11 (5–23)

 Median (IQR) days for SHI application submission

7 (1–19.5)

 Median (IQR) days for SHI application processing

12 (9–20)

 Average household members included in SHI enrollment

2.3

 Total household members included in SHI enrollment

206

 Mean direct cost for household SHI enrollment (VND¹)

1,503,313

 Mean direct cost for household SHI enrollment (USD²)

65.52

Number of participants not enrolled in SHI within treatment duration

27 (23.5%)

 Due to missing documents essential for enrolment (%)

19 (70.4%)

 Due to refusal from family member to enroll for household (%)

4 (14.8%)

 Due to death of participant before SHI enrollment (%)

1 (3.7%)

 Other reasons (%)

3 (11.1%)