How do Chinese people perceive their healthcare system? Trends and determinants of public satisfaction and perceived fairness, 2006–2019

Table 2 Public perception of the health system in China, 2006–2019

Year	Satisfaction with health care	Perceived Fairness of health care	Observations
	Mean (%) [95% CI]	Mean (%) [95% CI]	N
2006	57.76 [56.47–59.03]	49.79 [48.50–51.09]	7061
2008	71.12 [69.94–72.27]	66.75 [65.53–67.95]	7139
2011	67.39 [66.10–68.66]	N/A	7036
2013	69.55 [68.45–70.63]	69.06 [68.00–70.11]	10,206
2015	69.08 [68.09–70.06]	68.29 [67.29–69.27]	10,243
2017	71.92 [70.94–72.88]	72.78 [71.80–73.73]	10,143
2019	77.26 [76.34–78.15]	72.03 [71.07–72.96]	10,283
Difference
2006–2013	11.79^a	19.27^a
2013–2019	7.71^a	2.96^a
2006–2019	19.50^a	22.23^a

Weighted percentages and 95% confidence intervals are reported in the table. The 2011 wave of CSS did not include the question on perceived fairness of health care. ^a, ^b and ^c denote statistical significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level, respectively

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