Professor Rhiannon Tudor Edwards

Professor in Health Economics

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Founding director of health economics research at Bangor University. Co-director of the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME) at Bangor University.

In a global analysis of bibliometrics in health economics (1975-2022), Rhiannon was listed among the most important authors in health economics. She was ranked in the top five most collaborative authors, with Bangor University in the top 10 most collaborative institutions in health economics. See: Barbu, L. Global trends in the scientific research of the health economics: a bibliometric analysis from 1975 to 2022. Health Econ Rev 13, 31 (2023).

Telephone: +44 (0) 1248 383 712

E-mail: r.t.edwards@bangor.ac.uk

Address: Room 103, Ardudwy, Normal Site, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2PZ

X (formerly known as Twitter): @ProfRTEdwards

  1. Published

    The Problem Management Plus psychosocial intervention for distressed and functionally impaired asylum seekers and refugees: the PROSPER feasibility RCT

    Dowrick, C., Rosala-Hallas, A., Rawlinson, R., Khan, N., Winrow, E., Chiumento, A., Burnside, G., Aslam, R., Billows, L., Eriksson-Lee, M., Lawrence, D., McCluskey, R., Mackinnon, A., Moitt, T., Orton, L., Roberts, E., Rahman, A., Smith, G., Edwards, R. T., Uwamaliya, P. & White, R., Oct 2022, In: Public Health Research. 10, 10, 104 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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  3. Accepted/In press

    ‘ThinkCancer!’ – Randomised feasibility trial of a novel practice-based early cancer diagnosis intervention

    Disbeschl, S., Hendry, A., Surgey, A., Walker, D., Goulden, N., Anthony, B., Neal, R., Williams, N., Hoare, Z., Hiscock, J., Edwards, R. T., Lewis, R. & Wilkinson, C., 12 Apr 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: BJGP open.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Protocol for a feasibility study incorporating a randomised pilot trial with an embedded process evaluation and feasibility economic analysis of ThinkCancer!: a primary care intervention to expedite cancer diagnosis in Wales

    Disbeschl, S., Surgey, A., Roberts, J. L., Hendry, A., Lewis, R., Goulden, N., Hoare, Z., Williams, N., Anthony, B. F., Edwards, R. T., Law, R-J., Hiscock, J., Carson-Stevens, A., Neal, R. D. & Wilkinson, C., 2021, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 7, 1, 100.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    The Diagnostic Pathway Experiences of People Living with Rare Dementia and Their Family Caregivers: A Cross-Sectional Mixed Methods Study Using Qualitative and Economic Analyses

    Davies Abbott, I., Anthony, B., Jackson, K., Windle, G. & Edwards, R. T., 16 Feb 2024, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21, 2, 231.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Parenting intervention in Sure Start services for children at risk of developing conduct disorder: pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

    Daley, D. M., Bywater, T. J., Hutchings, J. M., Hutchings, J., Bywater, T., Daley, D., Gardner, F., Whitaker, C., Jones, K., Eames, C. & Edwards, R. T., 29 Mar 2007, In: British Medical Journal. 334, 7595, p. 678-682

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Comparative assessment of migrant farm worker health in conventional and organic horticultural systems in the United Kingdom.

    Cross, P., Edwards, R. T., Hounsome, B. & Edwards-Jones, G., 25 Feb 2008, In: Science of the Total Environment. 391, 1, p. 55-65

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    The Potential Impact on Farmer Health of Enhanced Export Horticultural Trade between the UK and Uganda.

    Cross, P., Edwards, R. T., Nyeko, P. & Edwards-Jones, G., 28 Apr 2009, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 6, 5, p. 1539-1556

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Does farm worker health vary between localised and globalised food supply systems?

    Cross, P., Edwards, R. T., Opondo, M., Nyeko, P. & Edwards-Jones, G., 1 Oct 2009, In: Environment International. 35, 7, p. 1004-1014

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Health Care Policy in Wales: Devolution and Beyond.

    Cohen, D. & Edwards, R. T., 1 Oct 2001.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    Effectiveness and micro-costing of the KiVa school-based bullying prevention programme in Wales: study protocol for a pragmatic definitive parallel group cluster randomised controlled trial

    Clarkson, S., Axford, N., Berry, V., Edwards, R. T., Bjornstad, G., Wrigley, Z., Charles, J., Hoare, Z. S., Ukoumunne, O. C., Matthews, J. & Hutchings, J. M., 1 Feb 2016, In: BMC Public Health. 16, 104

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    The Agewell trial: a pilot randomised controlled trial of a behaviour change intervention to promote healthy ageing and reduce risk of dementia in later life

    Clare, L., Nelis, S. M., Jones, I. R., Hindle, J. V., Thom, J. M., Nixon, J., Cooney, J., Jones, C. L., Edwards, R. T. & Whitaker, C. J., 19 Feb 2015, In: BMC Psychiatry. 15, 25

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Preferences of older patients regarding hip fracture rehabilitation service configuration: A feasibility discrete choice experiment

    Charles, J., Roberts, J., Din, N., Williams, N., Yeo, S. T. & Edwards, R., Jul 2018, In: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 50, 7, p. 636-642

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    To disinvest or invest? The role of programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) for economic evaluation and prioritization between public health interventions

    Charles, J. & Edwards, R., 14 May 2019, Applied Health Economics For Public Health Practice And Research. Edwards, R. & McIntosh, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 312-341 (Handbooks in Health Economic Evaluation).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

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    The application of realist synthesis review methods in public health economics

    Charles, J., Edwards, R., Williams, N. & Din, N., 2013, In: The Lancet. 382, Special Issue, p. Page S28

    Research output: Contribution to journalSpecial issuepeer-review

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    Use of a discrete choice experiment approach to elicit patients’ preferences for hip fracture rehabilitation services as part of a feasibility study

    Charles, J., Roberts, J., Din, N., Williams, N., Yeo, S. T. & Edwards, R., 25 Nov 2016, In: The Lancet. 388, Supplement 2, p. S35

    Research output: Contribution to journalMeeting Abstractpeer-review

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    Micro-costing and a cost-consequence analysis of the ‘Girls Active’ programme: A cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Charles, J., Harrington, D., Davies, M., Edwardson, C., Gorely, T., Bodicoat, D., Khunti, K., Sherar, L., Yates, T. & Edwards, R., 16 Aug 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 8, e0221276.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Use of programme budgeting and marginal analysis as a framework for resource reallocation in respiratory care in North Wales, UK

    Charles, J. M., Chrles, J. M., Brown, G., Thomas, K., Johnstone, F., Vandenblink, V., Pethers, B., Jones, A. & Edwards, R. T., 16 Sept 2015, In: Journal of Public Health. p. 1-10

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Intervention Now To Eliminate Repeat Unintended Pregnancy in Teenagers (INTERUPT): a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, qualitative and realist synthesis of implementation factors and user engagement.

    Charles, J. M., Williams, N. H., Whitaker, R., Hendry, M., Booth, A., Carter, B., Charles, J., Craine, N., Edwards, R. T., Lyons, M., Noyes, J., Pasterfield, D., Rycroft-Malone, J. & Williams, N., 10 Apr 2014, In: BMJ Open. 4, 4

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Disinvestment and reinvestment in respiratory care: use of programme budgeting and marginal analysis in north Wales, UK

    Charles, J. M., Brown, G., Thomas, K., Johnstone, F., Jones, A. & Edwards, R. T., 19 Nov 2014, In: The Lancet. 384, S2, p. S24

    Research output: Contribution to journalMeeting Abstractpeer-review

  21. E-pub ahead of print

    Randomised controlled trial of adjunctive triamcinolone acetonide in eyes undergoing vitreoretinal surgery following open globe trauma: The ASCOT study

    Casswell, E. J., Cro, S., Cornelius, V. R. C., Banerjee, P. J., Zvobgo, T. M. Z., Edwards, R. T., Ezeofor, V., Anthony, B. & Shahid, S. M., 27 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Ophthalmology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Incredible Years parent training support for foster carers in Wales: A multi-centre feasibility study

    Bywater, T. J., Hutchings, J., Linck, P., Whitaker, C. J., Daley, D., Yeo, S. T. & Edwards, R. T., 21 Sept 2010, In: Child: care, health and development. 37, 2, p. 233-243

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Parenting programme for parents of children at risk of developing conduct disorder: cost effectiveness analysis.

    Bywater, T. J., Hutchings, J. M., Hughes, D., Edwards, R. T., Ceilleachair, A., Bywater, T., Hughes, D. A. & Hutchings, J., 31 Mar 2007, In: British Medical Journal. 334, 7595, p. 682-685

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Long-term effectiveness of a parenting intervention for children at risk of developing conduct disorder.

    Bywater, T. J., Daley, D. M., Hutchings, J. M., Bywater, T., Hutchings, J., Daley, D., Whitaker, C. J., Yeo, S. T., Jones, K., Eames, C. & Edwards, R. T., 1 Sept 2009, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 195, 4, p. 318-324

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    M11 A randomised controlled feasibility trial of a physical activity behaviour change intervention compared to social interaction in huntington’s disease

    Busse, M., Quinn, L., Drew, C., Kelson, M., Trubey, R., McEwan, K., Jones, C., Townson, J., Dawes, H., Edwards, R., Rosser, A. & Hood, K., 1 Sept 2016, In: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 87, Suppl 1, p. A105 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalMeeting Abstractpeer-review

  26. Published

    Physical activity self-management and coaching compared to social interaction in Huntington’s disease: Results from the ENGAGE-HD randomized, controlled, pilot feasibility trial

    Busse, M., Quinn, L., Drew, C., Kelson, M., Trubey, R., McEwan, K., Jones, C., Townson, J., Dawes, H., Edwards, R., Rosser, A. & Hood, K., 1 Jun 2017, In: Physical Therapy. p. 625-639

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Supporting physical activity engagement in people with Huntington's disease (ENGAGE-HD): study protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial.

    Busse, M., Quinn, L., Dawes, H., Jones, C. L., Kelson, M., Poile, V., Trubey, R., Townson, J., Edwards, R. T., Rosser, A. & Hood, K., 12 Dec 2014, In: Trials. 15

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Protocol for the Rare Dementia Support Impact Study: RDS Impact

    Brotherhood, E., Stott, J., Windle, G., Barker, S., Culley, S., Harding, E., Camic, P. M., Caulfield, M., Ezeofor, V., Hoare, Z., McKee-Jackson, R., Roberts, J., Sharp, R., Suarez-Gonzalez, A., Sullivan, M. P., Edwards, R. T., Walton, J., Waddington, C., Winrow, E. & Crutch, S. J., Aug 2020, In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 35, 8, p. 833-841 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Costs and outcomes of improving population health through better social housing: a cohort study and economic analysis

    Bray, N. J., Burns, P., Jones, A., Winrow, E. & Edwards, R., Dec 2017, In: International Journal of Public Health . 62, 9, p. 1039-1050

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Defining health-related quality of life for young wheelchair users: A qualitative health economics study

    Bray, N., Noyes, J., Harris, N. & Edwards, R. T., 15 Jun 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 6, p. e0179269

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Prioritising wheelchair services for children: a pilot discrete choice experiment to understand how child wheelchair users and their parents prioritise different attributes of wheelchair services

    Bray, N., Yeo, S. T., Noyes, J., Harris, N. & Edwards, R. T., 19 Jul 2016, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2, 32, 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Antipsychotic and Benzodiazepine prescribing prevalence and costs in people with dementia and challenging behaviours, living in care homes

    Bray, N., Hilton, A., Hounsome, B., Zou, L., Whitaker, C., Moniz-Cook, E., Hart, C., Woods, R. & Edwards, R. T., 24 Mar 2013.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  35. Published

    Preference-based measurement of mobility-related quality of life: developing the MobQoL-7D health state classification system

    Bray, N. & Tudor Edwards, R., 5 Jun 2022, In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 44, 12, p. 2915-2929 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Preference-based measures of health-related quality of life in congenital mobility impairment: a systematic review of validity and responsiveness

    Bray, N., Spencer, L. H. & Edwards, R. T., 21 Apr 2020, In: Health Economics Review. 10, 1, 9.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Portable electronic vision enhancement systems in comparison with optical magnifiers for near vision activities: an economic evaluation alongside a randomized crossover trial

    Bray, N., Brand, A., Taylor, J., Hoare, Z., Dickinson, C. & Edwards, R. T., 11 Jul 2017, In: Acta ophthalmologica. 95, 5, p. e415-e423

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Measuring the health-related quality of life of children with impaired mobility: examining correlation and agreement between children and parent proxies

    Bray, N., Noyes, J., Harris, N. & Edwards, R. T., 10 Aug 2017, In: BMC Research Notes. 10, 1, p. 377

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. E-pub ahead of print

    Development of a value-based scoring system for the MobQoL-7D: a novel tool for measuring quality-adjusted life years in the context of mobility impairment

    Bray, N., Tudor Edwards, R. & Schneider, P., 11 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Development of the MobQoL patient reported outcome measure for mobility-related quality of life

    Bray, N., Spencer, L., Tuersley, L. & Edwards, R. T., 6 Nov 2021, In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 43, 23, p. 3395-3404 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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  42. Published

    Powered mobility interventions for very young children with mobility limitations to aid participation and positive development: the EMPoWER evidence synthesis

    Bray, N., Kolehmainen, N., McAnuff, J., Tanner, L., Tuersley, L., Beyer, F., Grayston, A., Wilson, D., Edwards, R. T., Noyes, J. & Craig, D., 1 Oct 2020, In: Health Technology Assessment. 24, 50, p. 1-+ 194 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Perceptions of the impact of disability and impairment on health, quality of life and capability

    Bray, N., Edwards, R. T., Squires, L. & Morrison, V., 24 May 2019, In: BMC Research Notes. 12, 1, p. 287 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Wheelchair Outcomes Assessment Tool for Children: Summary Report

    Bray, N., Tuersley, L. & Edwards, R. T., 2018, Prifysgol Bangor University. 36 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportOther report

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    Wheelchair interventions, services and provision for disabled children: a mixed-method systematic review and conceptual framework

    Bray, N. J., Bray, N., Noyes, J., Edwards, R. T. & Harris, N., 17 Jul 2014, In: BMC Health Services Research. 14, 309

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  48. Published

    The Warm Homes for Health project: exploring the cost-effectiveness of improving population health through better housing

    Bray, N. J., Edwards, R. T. & Bray, N., 19 Nov 2014, In: The Lancet. 384, S2, p. S80

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  49. Published

    High Prevalence of Untreated Depression in Patients Accessing Low-Vision Services

    Bray, N. J., Nollett, C. L., Bray, N., Bunce, C., Casten, R. J., Edwards, R. T., Hegel, M. T., Janikoun, S., Jumbe, S. E., Ryan, B., Shearn, J., Smith, D. J., Stanford, M., Xing, W. & Margrain, T. H., 13 Aug 2015, In: Ophthalmology. 123, 2, p. 440-441

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. Published

    The effectiveness and micro-costing analysis of a universal, school-based, social-emotional learning programme in the UK: A cluster-randomised controlled trial

    Berry, V., Axford, N., Blower, S., Taylor, R. S., Edwards, R. T., Tobin, K., Jones, C. & Bywater, T. T., Jun 2016, In: School Mental Health School Mental Health. 8, 2, p. 238-256

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review