Putting people at the center: methods for patient journey mapping of viral hepatitis services across two LMICs in the Asia Pacific

Table 1 Geographic and demographic details of selected provinces

	Thai Binh, Vietnam	Tarlac, the Philippines
Geography	Coastal province in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam	Landlocked province north of Central Luzon Island, the largest in the archipelago
Total population	1.88 million (2022)	1.50 million (2020)
Population density (person/km2)	1,188 3.6x higher than national average	506
% of the population in rural areas	88% (2022)	74% (2020)
Main industry	Agriculture	Agriculture
Unemployment rate at working age	1.13% (2022)	8.8% (2021)
Household poverty^a	1.82% (2023)	9.4% (2023)
% people with health insurance	87.1% (2023)	No data available

References: Vietnam Poverty Standard 2021–2025 (Decree 07/2021/NĐ-CP of Vietnam Government), Vietnam General Statistics Office [20, 21], Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey [22], Official Poverty Statistics of the Philippines [23], Province classifications [24]
^aThe proportion of families/individuals with per capita income less than the per capita poverty threshold (set at PhP13,797 or $245USD per month in the Philippines (amount required to meet basic food and non-food needs for a family of 5), VND 2,000,000 per month for urban and VND 1,500,000 per month for rural in Vietnam)

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