Table 2. Cash Transfer UHC+ intervention description.
Eligibility: | Cash transfer details: |
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Clinical eligibility criteria (all needed to apply): • Bacteriologically-confirmed, pulmonary TB • New or relapse case of TB • 18 years+ • Living in one of the four implementation districts • Obtaining treatment at a DTU in an implementation district Socio-economic eligibility (any one needed to apply): • Residing in a household officially declared a ‘poor household’ • Not enrolled in SHI at TB treatment initiation • Unemployed at TB treatment initiation Employed in the informal sector without labor protections |
CT value: 500,000 VND (~21.50 USD) for 6 months Payment frequency: Monthly • UCT- Every 30 days after study enrollment • CCT- To be provided after meeting conditions at DTU Mode of payment: Cash Location of payment: • UCT at the beneficiary’s home, or other convenient location • CCT at the DTU |
Conditions to receive CCT: • Attend monthly appointment at DTU • Bring pill pack showing 85% of medication had been taken over the last month |
CCT–Conditional cash transfers; CT–Cash transfers; DTU—District TB Unit; SHI—Social health insurance; TB–Tuberculosis; UCT—Unconditional cash transfers; UHC–Universal Health Care.