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- v.watson@abdn.ac.uk
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- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Verity leads the Preference and Value research theme. Verity's research focuses on the provision of public and publicly-provided private goods. In particular, the organisation and supply of health care, and patient's choices and shared decision making. Verity's research spans health economics, environmental economics, behavioural and experimental economics, health policy, labour economics, and poverty measurement.
Qualifications
- PhD Economics2003 - University of Aberdeen
- MSc Economics1998 - Glasgow University
- MA (hons) Economic Science1997 - University of Aberdeen
External Memberships
Health Improvement, Protection and Services Panel, Chief Scientist Office of Scottish Government (2016 - 2023)
Latest Publications
Teleworking and housing demand
Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 101, 103915Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResearch Project Briefing: Enhancing recruitment and retention of doctors in rural Scotland
Chief Scientist Office (Document).Other Contributions: Other ContributionsThe perception of women in rural and remote Scotland about intrapartum care: A qualitative study
The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, vol. 16, pp. 117-125Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-022-00608-5
Public contributors' preferences for the organisation of remote public involvement meetings in health and social care: a discrete choice experiment study
Health Expectations, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 146-159Contributions to Journals: Articles‘Moving to the countryside and staying’? Exploring doctors migration choices to remote and rural areas
Journal of Rural StudiesContributions to Journals: Articles
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Economics, Applied Health Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Economic Policy
- Economics
- Applied Economics
- Health Policy
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.
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Teleworking and housing demand
Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 101, 103915Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResearch Project Briefing: Enhancing recruitment and retention of doctors in rural Scotland
Chief Scientist Office (Document).Other Contributions: Other ContributionsThe perception of women in rural and remote Scotland about intrapartum care: A qualitative study
The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, vol. 16, pp. 117-125Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-022-00608-5
Public contributors' preferences for the organisation of remote public involvement meetings in health and social care: a discrete choice experiment study
Health Expectations, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 146-159Contributions to Journals: Articles‘Moving to the countryside and staying’? Exploring doctors migration choices to remote and rural areas
Journal of Rural StudiesContributions to Journals: ArticlesPrescribing antibiotics: factors driving decision-making in general practice. A discrete choice experiment
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 305, 115033Contributions 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: ArticlesA Systematic Review of Patients’ Values, Preferences, and Expectations for the Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer
European Urology Open Science, vol. 36, pp. 9-18Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRegional Differences in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in December 2020: A Natural Experiment in the French Working-Age Population
Vaccines, vol. 9, no. 11, 1364Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMetastatic prostate cancer men’s attitudes towards treatment of the local tumour and metastasis evaluative research (IP5-MATTER): protocol for a prospective, multicentre discrete choice experiment study
BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 11, pp. e048996Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIs relational continuity of care as important to people as policy makers think?: Preferences for continuity of care in primary care
Family Practice, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 569-575Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmab010
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The Value of Preventative Dental Care: A Discrete-Choice Experiment
Journal of Dental Research, vol. 100, no. 7, pp. 723-730Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034521989943
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16739/1/Boyers_etal_JDR_The_Value_Of_VoR.pdf
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Metastatic prostate cancer patients’ Attitudes towards Treatment of the local Tumour and metastasis Evaluative Research (IP5-MATTER): A multicentre, discrete choice experiment trial-in-progress
EAU21 Virtual Congress, pp. S1217-S1218Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0302-2838(21)01243-4
- [ONLINE] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0302-2838(21)01243-4
The burden of dengue in children by calculating spatial temperature: A methodological approach using remote sensing techniques
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 8, 4230Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in a representative working-age population in France: a survey experiment based on vaccine characteristics
The Lancet Public Health, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. e210-e221Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRadical Treatment Without Cure: Decision-making in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer
European Urology, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 558-560Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2021.01.029
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Understanding 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: ArticlesEvaluating the Trade-offs Men with Localized Prostate Cancer Make between the Risks and Benefits of Treatments: the COMPARE study
Journal of Urology, vol. 204, no. 2, pp. 273-280Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000000754
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How are debriefing questions used in health discrete choice experiments? An online survey
Value in Health, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 289-293Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCase study: A realistic contaminated site remediation and different scenarios of intervention
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Health Interventions. Elsevier, pp. 229-256, 28 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812885-5.00011-1
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Monetary analysis of health outcomes
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Health Interventions. Guerriero, C. (ed.). Elsevier, pp. 73-93, 21 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812885-5.00004-4
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Mode 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: ArticlesInvestigating users' preferences for Low Emission Buses: Experiences from Europe's largest hydrogen bus fleet
Journal of Choice Modelling, vol. 32, 100169Contributions to Journals: ArticlesChoice certainty and deliberative thinking in discrete choice experiments: A theoretical and empirical investigation
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 164, pp. 235-255Contributions 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: ArticlesPatients' experiences and preferences for primary care delivery: a focus group analysis
Primary health care research & development, vol. 20, e106Contributions to Journals: ArticlesValue-elicitation and value-formation properties of discrete choice experiment and experimental auctions
European Review of Agricultural Economics, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 3-27Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jby014
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14635/1/Lasagne_May_2018.pdf
Eye Care Service in Scotland: Did the Scots Get it Right?: Project Report
.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsComment on: Patients' preferences for anti-osteoporosis drug treatment: a cross-European discrete choice experiment: reply
Rheumatology, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 584-585Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex430
The 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
More Than Meets The Eye: Has the Eye Care Policy in Scotland Had Wider Health Benefits?
Working Papers: Discussion PapersWhat do UK medical students value most in their careers?: A discrete choice experiment
Medical Education, vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 839-851Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPatients’ preferences for anti-osteoporosis drug treatment: a cross-European discrete-choice experiment
Rheumatology, vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 1167-1176Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPatient satisfaction in community pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Journal, vol. 298, no. 7899, pp. 169Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Patients 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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Men’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: ArticlesManaging 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: ArticlesWhat do UK doctors in training value in a post?: A discrete choice experiment
Medical Education, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 189-202Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.12896
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13272/2/Cleland_et_al_AAM.pdf
“Doctor my eyes”: A natural experiment on the demand for eye care services
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 150, pp. 117-127Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe impact of information, value-deliberation and group-based decision-making on values for ecosystem services: integrating deliberative monetary valuation and storytelling
Ecosystem Services, vol. 21, no. Part B, pp. 270-290Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhat Triggers Multiple Job-Holding?: A Stated Preference Investigation
Working Papers: Discussion PapersA generation of childless women: lessons from the United States
Women's Health Issues, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. e21-e27Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2013.09.005
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Uncertainty and framing in a valuation task
Journal of Economic Psychology, vol. 39, pp. 204-214Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2013.08.001
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Utilisation of eye-care services: The effect of Scotland's free eye examination policy
Health Policy, vol. 108, no. 2-3, pp. 286-293Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInvolving the public in priority setting: a case study using discrete choice experiments
Journal of Public Health, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 253-260Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr102
Job satisfaction and quit intentions of offshore workers in the UK North Sea oil and and gas industry
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 607-633Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9485.2011.00561.x
Is it all about money?: An examination of the motives behind moonlighting
Applied Economics, vol. 43, no. 26, pp. 3767-3774Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036841003724403
Comparing welfare estimates from payment card contingent valuation and discrete choice experiments
Health Economics, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 389-401Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1364
Rationalising the 'irrational': a think aloud study of discrete choice experiment responses
Health Economics, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 321-336Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1369