Director of H E R U
- About
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- Email Address
- m.ryan@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437184
- Office Address
Health Economics Research Unit
Foresterhill, Polwarth Building
Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Mandy is the Director of the Health Economics Research Unit. She joined HERU in 1987 after graduating from the University of Leicester with a BA (Hons) in Economics and the University of York with an MSc in Health Economics. In 1995, she graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a PhD in Economics concerned with the application of contingent valuation and discrete choice experiments (DCEs) in health economics. In 1997, Mandy was awarded a five-year Medical Research Council Non-Clinical Senior Fellowship to develop and apply DCEs in healthcare. In 2002, she was awarded a Personal Chair in Health Economics by the University of Aberdeen and in 2006 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She took up the Directorship of HERU in April 2013.
Mandy's research interests focus on taking a person-centred approach to valuation in health economics. She is known for her work challenging the clinical approach to valuation that is often adopted by health economists and for developing alternative person-centred approaches. She introduced DCEs into health economics in the early 1990s and her research has applied DCEs in a wide range of contexts to take account of the user preferences in the delivery of healthcare.
Qualifications
- BA Economics1986 - University of Leicester
- MSc Health Economics1987 - University of York
- PhD Economics1995 - University of Aberdeen
- Research
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Research Overview
Mandy's research interests focus on taking a person-centred approach to valuation in health economics. She is known for her work challenging the clinical approach to valuation that is often adopted by health economists and for developing alternative person-centred approaches. She introduced discrete choice experiments (DCEs) into health economics in the early 1990s and her research has applied DCEs in a wide range of contexts.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Applied Health Sciences, Economics.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Applied Health Sciences
Accepting PhDsEconomics
Accepting PhDsResearch Specialisms
- Applied Economics
- Health Policy
- Health and Welfare
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Mandy is currently applying DCEs to address a range of policy questions, including: informing shared decision making (developing a Decision Aid Tool); investigating if Scotland should provide Whole Genomic Sequencing for the diagnosis of rare diseases; professional preferences for referral to Intensive Care Units; women's preferences for treatment of metastatic breast cancer; preferences for allocation of time following a breast cancer diagnosis; and preferences for government responses to a pandemic.
Mandy also conducts methodological work to inform future practice for the design and analysis of DCEs. Current research interests include: using eye-tracking methods to understand how individuals respond to DCEs; experiments to explore the external validity of DCEs (do individuals behave in reality as they state in hypothetical surveys); and understanding how best to include the cost attribute in DCEs.
Supervision
Abbott M. An economic evaluation of genomic sequencing for the diagnosis of rare conditions in Scotland. University of Aberdeen, 2020-
Turner A. Discrete choice experiments in medical education: the role of management, health economics and research, University of Pretoria, 2019-
Gao N. The gift of time: how do I use it and how should I use it? Time allocation following a breast cancer diagnosis, University of Aberdeen, 2017-
Sakowsky R. Our values or mine? A philosophical and empirical critique of deliberative and stated preference elicitation techniques in health economics. Awarded January 2020, University of Aberdeen.
Chua G. Testing the external validity of discrete choice experiments – an application to pharmacy. Awarded 2018, University of Aberdeen.
Heidenreich S. Do I care or do I not? - An empirical assessment of decision heuristics in discrete choice. Awarded 2016, University of Aberdeen.
Hernandez R. Broadening the valuation space in health technology assessment: the case of monitoring individuals with ocular hypertension. Awarded 2016, University of Aberdeen.
Guda A. Health insurance demand analysis amongst formal sector employees in Ethiopia: a discrete choice experiment, Awarded 2014, University of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Trinity College Dublin.
Kenter J. Implementing the ecosystems approach through linking deliberative monetary valuation and participatory systems modelling. Awarded 2014, University of Aberdeen.
Scotland G. Valuing outcomes in economic evaluations of maternal and reproductive health care interventions. Awarded 2012, University of Aberdeen
Mentzakis E. Economic issues of informal care: valuation and determinants. Awarded 2008, University of Aberdeen.
Regier D. Bayesian approaches to discrete choice experiments within a cost benefit framework: an application to genetic testing. Awarded 2008, University of Aberdeen.
Tinelli M. Developing and applying discrete choice experiments (DCEs) to inform pharmacy policy. Awarded 2008, University of Aberdeen.
Porteous T. How do people choose between self-care, supported self-care and GP consultations in minor illness? Awarded 2007, University of Aberdeen.
Amaya-Amaya M. Complexity and non-compensatory behaviour: an empirical investigation in health economics using choice experiments. Awarded 2005, University of Aberdeen.
Gerard K. Economic aspects of consumer involvement in health care benefit assessment. Awarded 2005, University of Southampton.
Jareinpituk S. Developing willingness to pay and a prepayment oral care plan: an application to pre-school children in Thailand. Awarded 2003, University College London.
McIntosh E. Using discrete choice experiments within economic evaluations. Awarded 2003, University of Aberdeen.
Hundley V. Determining success in the provision of maternity care. Awarded 2001, University of Aberdeen
San Miguel F. Testing the assumptions of completeness, stability and rationality of preferences in health economics using discrete choice experiments. Awarded 2001, University of Aberdeen.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Mandy contributes to the delivery of our annual DCE course: Using Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics
- Publications
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Public Preferences and Willingness to Pay for a Net Zero NHS: a protocol for a discrete choice experiment in England and Scotland
BMJ OpenContributions to Journals: ArticlesTrade-offs between overall survival and side-effects in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer: eliciting preferences of patients with primary and metastatic breast cancer using a discrete choice experiment
BMJ Open, vol. 14, no. 4, e076798Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDevelopment of a disease-specific health utility score for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease from a Discrete Choice Experiment patient preference study
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health CareContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462324000242
Improving the patient-pharmacist interaction: A new approach to help patients make informed decisions
University of Aberdeen. 27 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsExploring doctors’ trade-offs between management, research, and clinical training in the medical curriculum: a protocol for a discrete choice experiment in Southern Africa
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 8, e070836Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding Persistent Pain (UPP): a Decision Aid Tool to inform management of persistent pain in pharmacy
BPS ASM 2023, pp. 58Contributions to Journals: AbstractsKeeping an eye on cost: what can eye tracking tell us about attention to cost information in discrete choice experiments?
Health Economics, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 1101-1119Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExploring doctors’ trade-offs between management, research, and clinical training in the medical curriculum: a discrete choice experiment in southern Africa
Population Medicine, vol. 5, no. Supplement, A666Contributions to Journals: AbstractsThe Baby Box Scheme in Scotland: A Study of Public Attitudes and Social Value
Health Expectations, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 3307-3314Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13639
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19442/2/Skea_etal_HE_The_Baby_Box_VoR.pdf
We know but we hope: a qualitative study of the opinions and experiences on the inclusion of management, health economics and research in the medical curriculum
PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 10, e0276512Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPrioritization of THose aWaiting hip and knee ArthroplastY(PATHWAY): protocol for development of a stakeholder led clinical prioritization tool
Bone & Joint Open, vol. 3, no. 10, pp. 753-758Contributions to Journals: ArticlesContinuing the sequence?: Towards an Economic Evaluation of Whole Genome Sequencing for the Diagnosis of Rare Diseases in Scotland
Journal of Community Genetics, vol. 13, pp. 487-501Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing a discrete choice experiment to develop a decision aid tool to inform the management of persistent pain in pharmacy: – a protocol for a randomised feasibility study
BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 9, e066379Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWill the public engage with new pharmacy roles?: Assessing future uptake of a community pharmacy health check using a discrete choice experiment
The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, vol. 15, pp. 473–483Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPublic acceptability of non-pharmaceutical interventions to control a pandemic in the United Kingdom: a discrete choice experiment
BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 3, e054155Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWon' t you stay just a little bit longer? A discrete choice experiment of UK doctors’ preferences for delaying retirement
Health Policy, vol. 126, no. 1, pp. 60-68Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWeighting or aggregating? Investigating information processing in multi‐attribute choices
Health Economics, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 1291-1305Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4245
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16519/1/Genie_etal_weighting_or_aggregating_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
To pay or not to pay?: Cost information processing in the valuation of publicly funded healthcare
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 276, 113822Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding public preferences and trade-offs for government responses during a pandemic: a protocol for a discrete choice experiment in the UK
BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 11, e043477Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSurvey modes comparison in contingent valuation: Internet panels and mail surveys
Health Economics, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 234-242Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPaid work, household work, or leisure? Time allocation pathways among women following a cancer diagnosis
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 246, 112776Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDeveloping an intervention around referral and admissions to intensive care: a mixed-methods study
Health Services and Delivery Research, vol. 7, no. 39, pp. 1-320Contributions to Journals: ArticlesU.K. Intensivists’ Preferences for Patient Admission to ICU: Evidence from a Choice Experiment
Critical Care Medicine, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 1522-1530Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMode and Frame Matter: assessing the impact of survey mode and sample frame in choice experiments
Medical Decision Making, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 827-841Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTesting the Expert Based Weights Used in the UK’s Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) Against Three Preference-Based Methods
Social Indicators Research, vol. 144, no. 3, pp. 1055-1074Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFor more than money: willingness of health professionals to stay in remote Senegal
Human Resources for Health, vol. 17, 28Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-019-0363-7
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12281/1/For_more_than_money.pdf
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- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
For better or worse? Investigating the validity of best-worst discrete choice experiments in health
Health Economics, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 572-586Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3869
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13689/1/SELF.7_Revised_article_R2.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
Promoting shared decision making in patient-pharmacist interactions: a systematic review of decision aid tools and discrete choice experiments in chronic pain management
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Science and Research Summit 2019, pp. 20-21Contributions to Journals: AbstractsThe eyes have it: Using eye tracking to inform information processing strategies in multi-attributes choices
Health Economics, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 709-721Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Best of Both Worlds: An Example Mixed Methods Approach to Understand Men’s Preferences for the Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 55-67Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-017-0263-7
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10674/1/manuscript_accepted.pdf
Decision heuristic or preference? Attribute non-attendance in discrete choice problems
Health Economics, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 157-171Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3524
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10609/2/main_document_resubmit.pdf
External Validity of Contingent Valuation: Comparing Hypothetical and Actual Payments
Health Economics, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 1467-1473Contributions to Journals: ArticlesContemporary Guidance for Stated Preference Studies
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 4, no. 2Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/691697
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10529/1/691697.pdf
The value of different aspects of person-centred care: a series of discrete choice experiments in people with long-term conditions
BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 4, e015689Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPatient satisfaction in community pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Journal, vol. 298, no. 7899, pp. 169Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Visual attention in multi-attributes choices: what can eye-tracking tell us?
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 135, pp. 251–267Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPatients want to learn about their condition and medicines
Pharmaceutical Journal, vol. 298, no. 7899Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1211/PJ.2016.20202043
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Determining cancer survivors' preferences to inform new models of follow-up care
British Journal of Cancer, vol. 115, no. 12, pp. 1495-1503Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEliciting Preferences for Social Health Insurance in Ethiopia: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Health Policy and Planning, vol. 31, no. 10, pp. 1423-1432Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMen’s preferences for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia: a discrete choice experiment
Patient preference and adherence, vol. 2016, no. 10, pp. 2407-2417Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMonitoring ocular hypertension, how much and how often?: A cost-effectiveness perspective
British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 100, no. 9, pp. 1263-1268Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhat, who and when? Incorporating a discrete choice experiment into an economic evaluation
Health Economics Review, vol. 6, 31Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEmpirical testing of external validity of discrete choice experiment (DCE): an application in pharmacy
19th International Social Pharmacy Workshop, pp. 8-8Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpp.12278
Managing Minor Ailments: The Public’s Preferences for Attributes of Community Pharmacies. A Discrete Choice Experiment
PloS ONE, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1-15Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152257
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5831/1/journal.pone.0152257.PDF
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Gaining pounds by losing pounds: preferences for lifestyle interventions to reduce obesity
Health economics, policy, and law, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 161-182Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133114000413
Gaining pounds by losing pounds: HERU Policy Brief
Working Papers: Working PapersInclusiveness in the health economic evaluation space
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 108, pp. 248-251Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.035
Public opinion of drug treatment policy: Exploring the public's attitudes, knowledge, experience and willingness to pay for drug treatment strategies
International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 407-415Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.11.001
Valuing patients' experiences of healthcare processes: Towards broader applications of existing methods
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 106, pp. 194-203Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.013
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3155/1/ryan_ssm_2014_1_.pdf
Specification of the utility function in discrete choice experiments
Value in Health, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 297-301Contributions to Journals: Articles