Age, ethnicity and proximity to clinic determine retention in care of chronic hepatitis B patients.

Most recent FibroScan value was 5.3 kPa (median), though 108 patients had values greater than 6, and 8 patients had values greater than 12. 135 (16.5%) patients were taking or had taken antiviral treatment before loss to follow-up. Keywords: compliance/adherence; hepatitis B; liver; viral hepatitis EN compliance/adherence hepatitis B liver viral hepatitis 223 227 5 02/17/23 20230301 NES 230301 INTRODUCTION There is emerging evidence about rates and determinants of linkage to care for HBV-diagnosed patients.[1] However, to date, little attention has been paid to the important issue of CHB (chronic hepatitis B) patient retention in the outpatient setting.[2] In western centres, most CHB patients are first-generation migrants from countries of high HBV prevalence. The patient NHS records include the patient's current registered address (i.e., on date of data capture 13/7/2022), and we calculated the distance of patient's residence from the QEH Liver Clinic. [Extracted from the article]