Table 5.1a: Discharge support offered to breastfeeding mothers by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
  CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2013
  Telephone call Telephone # given Return visit to center Home visit Center support group Referral to support group Lactation consultant referral WIC referral Outpatient clinic referral List of resources Breastfeeding assessment sheet N
All 64.9 91.0 38.0 19.1 44.7 51.3 69.6 86.0 30.9 77.0 47.2 2634
Type of facility
Birth center 78.3 91.0 82.5 75.9 51.2 65.7 72.9 65.7 28.3 65.7 40.4 166
Government hospital 57.2 87.9 40.1 17.9 33.5 40.1 59.9 85.9 21.4 69.4 38.3 481
Non-profit hospital 68.2 92.5 35.5 16.4 48.7 54.0 73.8 88.0 34.9 80.1 50.7 1618
Private hospital 55.7 87.5 21.6 5.0 38.2 45.2 60.6 85.7 25.7 76.7 47.5 343
Military hospital 38.5 96.2 84.6 26.9 46.2 73.1 88.5 92.3 38.5 96.2 34.6 26
Teaching hospital
Yes 61.4 94.6 40.2 14.7 58.2 79.9 81.5 95.1 49.5 92.4 56.0 184
No 64.2 90.7 34.6 15.3 43.1 47.9 68.4 86.7 29.6 76.5 47.0 2284
Size of facility
1-249 69.4 87.8 53.7 39.1 28.9 36.9 57.3 76.9 14.1 62.2 39.5 588
250-499 65.2 90.3 34.3 15.7 32.4 43.3 61.2 85.0 20.2 69.5 42.1 466
500-999 67.8 91.2 37.1 15.2 46.6 52.0 71.8 88.6 28.0 79.2 50.8 571
1000-1999 62.2 91.9 31.4 12.0 54.7 57.8 79.5 89.7 42.6 85.7 52.1 516
2000-4999 59.1 94.2 31.4 10.9 62.8 66.7 79.2 90.1 52.4 90.1 53.1 433
5000 or more 56.7 93.3 25.0 5.0 60.0 78.3 81.7 95.0 48.3 88.3 43.3 60
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only 66.9 88.3 44.6 27.4 34.7 42.9 62.0 81.6 18.8 68.0 42.3 1144
Level 2 special care 65.4 92.8 32.4 13.4 47.1 51.4 72.3 88.2 31.4 81.7 49.6 842
Level 3 NICU 60.9 93.4 33.2 12.0 58.2 64.1 78.6 90.2 50.4 85.0 52.3 560
Level 4 Regional NICU 60.2 93.2 36.4 9.1 64.8 76.1 86.4 94.3 59.1 96.6 54.5 88
Census region
Pacific 59.5 88.1 42.8 20.4 52.4 56.1 71.1 88.1 44.5 83.0 39.9 353
Mountain 61.0 89.2 38.2 18.7 40.2 44.4 68.5 76.3 24.1 70.1 34.4 241
West North Central 68.9 94.1 43.1 37.8 35.3 38.4 63.3 82.6 26.3 69.7 47.3 357
East North Central 75.8 96.0 40.4 13.1 49.1 56.8 78.2 88.0 34.5 77.0 55.2 426
West South Central 60.2 86.7 32.8 9.3 26.5 48.5 59.6 84.0 28.3 72.0 46.1 332
East South Central 56.1 89.6 31.8 2.9 27.7 38.2 60.7 85.5 19.1 78.6 48.0 173
New England 64.6 93.7 47.2 32.3 72.4 69.3 84.3 94.5 43.3 88.2 63.8 127
Middle Atlantic 72.1 93.6 33.9 27.9 55.8 62.2 72.5 92.3 24.5 88.4 51.1 233
South Atlantic 60.5 88.0 32.9 13.3 51.5 52.6 71.4 86.0 30.1 75.3 45.7 392
Table 5.2a: Distribution of infant formula discharge packs by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2013
  Are breastfeeding patients given 'discharge packs' containing product marketing infant formula samples
Yes No N
All 31.6 68.4 2629
Type of facility
Birth center 1.8 98.2 166
Government hospital 42.7 57.3 480
Non-profit hospital 29.2 70.8 1615
Private hospital 42.7 57.3 342
Military hospital 19.2 80.8 26
Teaching hospital
Yes 5.5 94.5 183
No 35.9 64.1 2280
Size of facility
1-249 38.0 62.0 587
250-499 41.0 59.0 466
500-999 37.2 62.8 570
1000-1999 23.3 76.7 515
2000-4999 18.1 81.9 431
5000 or more 11.7 88.3 60
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only 36.7 63.3 1141
Level 2 special care 34.2 65.8 842
Level 3 NICU 21.1 78.9 558
Level 4 Regional NICU 6.8 93.2 88
Census region
Pacific 13.0 87.0 353
Mountain 32.9 67.1 240
West North Central 53.7 46.3 356
East North Central 31.8 68.2 425
West South Central 32.3 67.7 331
East South Central 59.5 40.5 173
New England 6.3 93.7 127
Middle Atlantic 24.1 75.9 232
South Atlantic 27.0 73.0 392