This dataset contains data on use of health care resources of community-dwelling older adults aged 70 or over, who were functionally independent. Data of health resources use included contacts along two consecutive years with: the general practitioner, primary care nurse, the specialists, visits to emergency rooms, and hospital admissions and length of stay. The data included also information about sex, region, polipharmacy, age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index and funcionality, measured by Timed Up and Go test. The data collection was performed in two Spanish regions. Baseline assessment was done between 2015 and 2016, and patients were followed for 2 years. There were in total 1488 registries considering both years.

The study has been supported by grants from the Carlos III Health Institute (contract numbers: PI14/01003 y PI14/01905) –co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (contract numbers: RD06/0001/0000 and RD06/0001/1009); the Basque Department of Health (grant number 2016222043) and the Basque Department of Economy (grant number KK-2016/00106).