Table 3. Multivariable model of total annual health care costs of TMC patients^a (n = 107).

Modelb	Ordered logitc
	OR	95% CI	p-value
Annual number of telephone-based consultations (+1)	1.07	1.01–1.12	0.013
Gap between diagnosis and first consultation (in months)	0.78	0.63–0.95	0.015
Age (+1year)	0.96	0.92–1.00	0.060
Socioeconomic status (+1)d	1.23	0.95–1.58	0.111
Receiving income security benefits	1.32	0.18–9.61	0.783
Receiving disability benefits	0.80	0.34–1.89	0.610
Hypertension	0.80	0.31–2.06	0.637
R2/Pseudo R2	0.10

^a TMC patients- patients who received telephone-based consultation of oncology nurse navigator via telemedical care.

^b The variable of interest is the annual number of telephone-based consultations. The model was adjusted for the gap between diagnosis and first consultation, age, socioeconomic status, receiving income security benefits, receiving disability benefits and having hypertension (in addition to breast cancer).

^c Categories for the dependent variables are: 1- The first lowest quarter; 2- The second quarter; 3- The third quarter; 4- The firth upper quarter.

^d Socioeconomic status range between low (1) and high (10) and defined by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics according to place of residency.