Table 2:

Sample Characteristics (N=476)

Variable			Mean (SD, Range) or No. (%)
Age, Mean (SD, Range), y			78.2 (5.9, 70–97)
Gender (Male)			230 (48.3)
VESPA Items	BADL Difficulty	Transferring	15 (3.2)
		Dressing	10 (2.1)
		Bathing	15 (3.2)
	IADL Difficulty	Preparing Meals	39 (8.2)
		Grocery Shopping	50 (10.5)
	Any Difficulty in the 5 ACS-recommended Functional Status items		64 (13.4)
	Patient Reported Inability to Manage Self-care Alone After Discharge*		177 (38.6)
	Positive Depression Screen *		52 (11.1)
	Failing Mini-Cog Test*		25 (6.0)
	Gait and Mobility Screen	Fall*	109 (23.6)
		Time-Up-and-Go Test >20 sec*	67 (14.8)
		Observed Abnormal/Unsteady Gait*	84 (19.0)
		Any of the Above	174 (39.3)
Surgery Type		Dermatologic§	137 (28.8)
		Gastrointestinal	89 (18.7)
		Urologic	89 (18.7)
		Breast	79 (16.6)
		Head and neck	64 (13.4)
		Other‡	11 (2.3)
		Thoracic	7 (1.5)
Work RVU, Mean (SD, Range), Unit		Low (n=168)	3.9 (2.4, 0–9.72)
		Medium (n=106)	12.0 (2.0, 9.89–15.6)
		High (n=202)	27.1 (10.4, 15.72–52.84)
Charlson Comorbidity Index Score, Mean (SD, Range), Score			3.9 (2.1, 0–14)

BADL = Basic activity of daily living; IADL = instrumental activity of daily living; WRVU = Work-related Relative Value Unit; VESPA = Vulnerable Elders Surgical Pathways and outcomes Assessment

^*These rows have missing observations, so the denominator has been adjusted accordingly for: cannot manage by self for several hours alone at discharge (18 missing), VESPA depression (8 missing), fail Mini-Cog test (60 missing), fall (16 missing), Time-Up-and-Go test (24 missing), observed abnormal/unsteady gait (34 missing), any gait and mobility screen positive (33 missing).

^§Dermatologic procedures included skin cancer removal, subsequent skin graft for wound closure, or lymph node biopsy.

^‡Other procedures include: Ophthalmologic procedures and removal of sarcoma