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. 2023 Jan 17;9:e42334. doi: 10.2196/42334

Table 3.

Multilevel models of the odds of an encounter being via telehealth by cancer type post COVID-19.


Cancer type



Breast P value Colorectal P value Lung P value
Patient characteristics, ORa (95% CI)

Age at diagnosis (years) 1.01 (0.99-1.02) .24 1.00 (0.99-1.02) .59 1.01 (0.99-1.03) .25

Male sex N/Ab
0.53 (0.35-0.81)c .003 1.12 (0.80-1.57) .51
Oncologist characteristics, OR (95% CI)

Cancer specialty


Medical oncology Refd
Ref
Ref


Radiation oncology 0.81 (0.30-2.21) .69 0.73 (0.25-2.15) .57 5.42 (1.44-20.45)c .01


Surgery 0.38 (0.20-0.71)c .003 0.49 (0.21-1.15) .10 0.68 (0.18-2.58) .57

Patient volume


Low Ref
Ref
Ref


Medium 3.84 (1.09-13.62)c .04 1.24 (0.38-4.07) .74 1.98 (0.32-12.14) .46


High 1.09 (0.40-2.96) .87 0.92 (0.37-2.28) .84 0.34 (0.09-1.28) .11

Multisite physician 0.58 (0.28-1.22) .15 0.70 (0.30-1.63) .40 0.26 (0.09-0.76)c .01

Hub-hospital physician 2.21 (1.17-4.15)c .01 1.10 (0.51-2.38) .82 1.46 (0.45-4.72) .53
Intraclass correlation coefficient

Oncologist 0.163 N/A 0.144 N/A 0.333 N/A

Patient 0.171 N/A 0.135 N/A 0.142 N/A

Overall 0.334 N/A 0.286 N/A 0.475 N/A

aOR: odds ratio.

bN/A: not applicable.

cSignificant, P<.05.

dRef: reference.