National Prevalence of Donor Milk Use Among Level 1 Nurseries

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Donor milk use has increased among very preterm infants because of mounting evidence of health benefits; however, the extent that donor milk is used among healthy term infants in level 1 nurseries is unclear. We aimed to determine (1) national prevalence of and (2) hospital factors associated with donor milk use in level 1 nurseries. METHODS: Among 3040 US birthing hospitals, we randomly selected hospitals from each of...