Regional neonatal intensive care: its benefits can now be measured.

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.