http://heapol.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/17/suppl_1/20.pdf

Despite improvement in the health status of the Chinese population from 1993 to 1998, as expressed by the declining overall and infant mortality rates and possible decline in health care needs, there is reason for concern. There is a general trends to reduced equity with respect to receiving health care according to need within and between the urban and rural populations. Furthermore, there is evidence that the higher income earners do not shoulder a burden of financing health care service commensurate with their ability to pay. Document in PDF format, required Acrobat Reader.