Table 1.

Characteristics of Hospitals That Participated in the 2015 mPINC Survey and Reported Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates to the joint Commission

Hospital characteristic	N (%) or mean [range]
Total	1,305
Hospital type
Nonprofit	924 (70.8%)
Private	199 (15.3%)
Government	162 (12.4%)
Military	20 (1.5%)
Teaching hospital
No	1,143 (87.6%)
Yes	162 (12.4%)
Size (annual number of births)
1–249	47 (3.6%)
250–499	201 (15.4%)
500–999	239 (18.3%)
1,000–1,999	393 (30.1%)
2,000–4,999	375 (28.7%)
≥5,000	50 (3.8%)
mPINC score
Total score	81 [33–100]
Subscores
Labor and delivery care	86 [6–100]
Feeding of breastfed infants	87 [23–100]
Breastfeeding assistance	91 [47–100]
Contact between mother and infant	83 [20–100]
Discharge care	69 [0–100]
Staff training	71 [0–100]
Structural and organizational aspects of care delivery	82 [3–100]

mPINC, Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care.