Impact of advanced practice providers on characteristics and quality of care of patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Background: Advanced practice providers (APP) may be able to play a role in improving the linkage to care in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), but data are limited.

Aim: To compare management of patients with CHB under APP-assisted versus physician-only care METHODS: This retrospective analysis identified patients with CHB infection from Optum's de-identified Clinformatics® Data Mart Database (2003-2021) using ICD-9/ICD-10 codes. We compared the proportion of patients with CHB who had adequate evaluation for treatment (defined as ALT, HBV DNA, ± HBeAg), and the proportion of treatment-eligible patients with CHB who received treatment between APP versus physician-only care.