Mississippi has 111 hospitals; 95 acute care, 4 psychiatric, 1 rehabilitation, 1 OB/GYN, and 10 long-term acute care. There are five federal hospitals in the state. Ninety-five hospitals are classified as medical/surgical based on the type of service that the hospitals provided to the majority of admissions. Seven counties in the state do not have a hospital: Amite, Benton, Carroll, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, and Tunica. The federal government operates two Veterans' Administration Hospitals, one in Jackson and one in Biloxi. The United States Air Force operates medical facilities at Columbus and Biloxi to serve active duty and retired military personnel and their dependents. The Indian Health Service funds the operation of the Choctaw Health Center, an 18-bed acute care hospital in Philadelphia which is operated by and provides health care services to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Forty-one hospitals reported having rural health clinics and 933,280 rural health clinic visits.
15 Miss. Code. R. 9-99-1.4.2