title: Regional neonatal intensive care: its benefits can now be measured.
abstract: Region III was the first are in Virginia to develop neonatal transport and education to rural locations, as reported previously in this journal. There appears to be a growing acceptance of RNIC services in Region III with a simultaneous drop in neonatal mortality rates below national and state levels; however, until regional neonatal mortality rate is more equal to the mortality rates in the central hospital, RNIC cannot be said to have made its full impact.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009359:Neonatology; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014768:Virginia