Declining socioeconomic inequalities in hospital care use and case fatality rates for stroke and ischaemic heart disease in China during 2009–16: a prospective study of 0·5 million adults

BackgroundChina initiated major health-care reforms in 2009 to provide health-care coverage for all by 2020. Little is known about their long-term effect on inequalities in health-care use and outcomes across socioeconomic groups. We aimed to examine trends in hospital care use and case fatality rates for stroke and ischaemic heart disease over 8 years during the implementation of the reforms, overall and by socioeconomic status.MethodsIn this...