Table 2.

Number of days’ supply of SPS/CPS prescriptions by frequency of prescribed days for the first episode of hyperkalemia and for repeated users

Days of SPS/CPS therapy	Patients with at least one SP/CPS prescription, N = 429	Repeated users, N = 206a
1	93 (21.68%)	39 (18.93%)
2–10	187 (43.59%)	60 (29.13%)
11–20	37 (8.62%)	24 (11.65%)
21–30	83 (19.35%)	61 (29.61%)
>30	29 (6.76%)	22 (10.68%)

Data are presented as n (%).

^aRepeated prescription was defined as a new prescription of SPS/CPS any time after the first prescription.