Gaceta sanitaria
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Observational Study
[Care costs and activity in the last three months of life of cancer patients who died in the Basque Country (Spain)].
To analyse the use of health resources and its budget in the last months of life of the population who died from malignant neoplasm in the Basque Autonomous Country (Spain). ⋯ Greater interventions at the end of life at the community level are necessary, strengthening the care capacity of primary health care, both from training and support from expert teams in order to change the current care profile to a more outpatient care that allows a lower consumption of resources and greater care at home.