The analysis of validity of hospitalization at all stages of providing in-patient care for the rural population indicated that the process of selecting patients for this kind of care is in need of drastic improvement. The quality and efficiency of in-patient care, the validity of hospitalization at any hospital facility depend on the level of ambulatory and out-patient care, curative and diagnostic facilities and the completeness of their utilization at prehospital stage. Besides, the findings of the study suggested the necessity of further expanding the amount of specialized in-patient care provided to the rural inhabitants with the leading role in solving this problem to be played by central regional hospitals. The practical realization of these recommendations would allow to provide prompt and target hospitalization of persons in need of hospital care, to increase the completeness and quality of bed fund utilization, to achieve the reduction of both hospital and general morbidity among rural population of North Osetian Autonomous SSR.