The cost-effectiveness of neonatal screening for Cystic Fibrosis: an analysis of alternative scenarios using a decision model

Table 4 Components of the average cost of diagnosis by screening

Cost component	Mean cost of diagnosis per infant screened (£)	Mean cost of diagnosis per infant diagnosed (£)	Cost to average Health Authority^a per year (£)
Midwife time explaining test	0.40	1,167	2,380
IRT tests (kits, & overheads)	0.97	2,853	5,820
DNA tests (kits, labour & overheads)	0.42	1,240	2,530
Confirmatory sweat tests	0.01	22	44
Pre-diagnosis care of false negatives	0.04	106	216
Total average cost	1.83	5,387	10,990

^a Health Authority with a population of 500,000 and assumed crude birth rate of 12 per 1000 population per year.

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