| Iron sucrose | Ferric carboxymaltose | |
| Number of admissions/patients | 51/26 | 16/15 |
| Mean age | 61 | 50 |
| Patient group (gastro/renal/other%) | 62/31/7 | 53/47/0 |
| Prescribed in advance % | 88 | 31 |
| Time to prescribing—min | 90 (40–120) | 20 (15–300) |
| Mean infusion time—min | 85 | 23 |
| Number of infusions | 6 (5–13) | 1 (1–2) |
| Length of treatment course—days | 49 (30–113) | 9 (1–10) |
| Received full treatment course % | 86 | 100 |