It mainly depends on the individual's own health status, and it is an objective demand for prevention, health care, medical treatment, rehabilitation and other services based on the gap between people's actual health status and "ideal health status", including the needs observed by individuals and the needs judged by medical and health professionals. Sometimes consistent, sometimes inconsistent. Health demand refers to the amount of related services that people are willing and have economic consumption ability from the perspective of economy and values.
The types of health demand include: (1) demand transformed into demand; It is related to whether residents perceive some or some health needs, and also related to residents' income level, social status, accessibility of health security system, convenient transportation, customs and habits, and the types and quality of services provided by medical and health institutions. (2) there is no need for demand; It is usually caused by bad medical treatment and medical practice. For example, prescribing, extending unnecessary hospitalization time, doing unnecessary examinations, etc.