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CX Daily: China’s Hospitals Are Turning Patient Data Into a Cash Cow

Published: Jul. 17, 2026  9:00 a.m.  GMT+8
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In Depth: China’s Hospitals Are Turning Patient Data Into a Cash Cow

Patient files, lab results and medical scans used to sit dormant in hospital archives once a treatment was concluded. Now, they are being mined amid a digital gold rush.

FINANCE & ECONOMY Ratio of consumer spending to disposable income in the first half of each year Chinese Consumers Turn More Cautious Sources: National Bureau of Statistics, CEIC, Caixin 64.6% 2013 2017 2021 2026 70%6866646260

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