Abstract

The cost efficiency of neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism has been estimated. The cost of one newborn screening Is 99.37 rubles and that of detection of a patient with congenital hypothyroidism are 430,582.67 rubles. The state's negative profits due to patients disability, which includes social security benefits and undone gross domestic product, have been stated to be 5,687,356 0 rubles per disabled person. The cost efficiency of neonatal screening is determined by the absence of a need for social payments and by the amount of gross domestic product, which are made by these patients due to their preserved working ability and it is 5.35 rubles per ruble invested in a screening program.

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