title: Planning ensures local and referral care for remote rural area.
abstract: Remote, rural populations need at least some inpatient services to be provided within their communities. Replacement of an obsolete small, rural hospital in Alaska shows how planning can ensure provision of hospital services locally and through referral.
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006292:Health Priorities; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006752:Hospital Planning; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012424:Rural Population