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We are progressing in our prolonged floristic work -v. ARGÜELLES & al. (1984), AEDO & al. (1989), LAÍNZ (1982). etc.-, regarding in one way or another the Cantabrian zone in the most traditional and ample sense. as the political or administrative views would seem secondary in the case. Of course we are not going to evaluate here our present contributions, so many and diversified in fact. What matters most is to go on working systematically and to publish everything as it has been done so far. Hieracium saliencianum de Retz, sp. nov. ; Llevamos adelante nuestro prolongado trabajo florístico - v. ARGÜELLES & al. (1984), AEDO & al. (1989), LAÍNZ (1982), etc.-, referente de uno u otro modo a la zona cantábrica en el sentido amplio y tradicional, ya que las consideraciones político-administrativas podrían parecer muy secundarías en el asunto. No haremos aquí balance de nuestras presentes contribuciones, harto nutridas, bien que de naturaleza diversa, claro está. Lo que importa es continuarlas de manera sistemática, publicándolas con todos los oportunos detalles, como hemos venido siempre haciéndolo. Hieracium saliencianum de Retz, sp. nov.

Background In an effort to promote healthy ageing and preserve health and function, the government of Chile has formulated a package of actions into the Programme for Complementary Food in Older People (Programa de Alimentación Complementaria para el Adulto Mayor - PACAM). The CENEX study was designed to evaluate the impact, cost and cost-effectiveness of the PACAM and a specially designed exercise programme on pneumonia incidence, walking capacity and body mass index in healthy older people living in low- to medium-socio-economic status areas of Santiago. The purpose of this paper is to describe in detail the methods that will be used to estimate the incremental costs and cost-effectiveness of the interventions. Methods and design The base-case analysis will adopt a societal perspective, including the direct medical and non-medical costs borne by the government and patients. The cost of the interventions will be calculated by the ingredients approach, in which the total quantities of goods and services actually employed in applying the interventions will be estimated, and multiplied by their respective unit prices. Relevant information on costs of interventions will be obtained mainly from administrative records. The costs borne by patients will be collected via exit and telephone interviews. An annual discount rate of 8% will be used, consistent with the rate recommended by the Government of Chile. All costs will be converted from Chilean Peso to US dollars with the 2007 average period exchange rate of US$1 = 522.37 Chilean Peso. To test the robustness of model results, we will vary the assumptions over a plausible range in sensitivity analyses. Discussion The protocol described here indicates our intent to conduct an economic evaluation alongside the CENEX study. It provides a detailed and transparent statement of planned data collection methods and analyses.