Dr Mari Jones

Senior Research Officer

Public Health

mari.jones@swansea.ac.uk

Fluent Welsh Speaker

Office - 213
Second Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9661-4899

About

Our research aims to use decision modelling to promote good decision making in the health care sector. By using robust mathematical techniques simulation models are built to reflect the complexities within health care and then costs and benefits are assigned to ascertain whether a service is cost effective or not.

Areas Of Expertise

Healthcare Modelling
Operational Research
Statistics
Health Economics

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Healthcare modelling

Statistics

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Moriarty, Y., Lau, M., Sewell, B., Trubey, R., Quinn-Scoggins, H., Owen, S., Padgett, L., Kolovou, V., Hepburn, J., Buckle, P., Playle, R., Townson, J., Robling, M., Gilbert, S., Dimitropoulou, P., Edwards, A., Mitchell, C., Matthews, M., Smits, S...., & team), . (2021). Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a targeted cancer awareness intervention for adults living in deprived areas of the UK. British Journal of Cancer, 125(8), 1100-1110.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01524-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57888
Adamson, D., Blazeby, J., Porter, C., Hurt, C., Griffiths, G., Nelson, A., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Svobodova, M., Fitzsimmons, D., Nixon, L., Fitzgibbon, J., Thomas, S., Millin, A., Crosby, T., Staffurth, J., & Byrne, A. (2021). Palliative radiotherapy combined with stent insertion to reduce recurrent dysphagia in oesophageal cancer patients: the ROCS RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 25(31), 1-144.
https://doi.org/10.3310/hta25310, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56975
Davies, E., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Phillips, C., & Rance, J. (2021). Examining opioid prescribing trends for non-cancer pain using an estimated oral morphine equivalence measure: a retrospective cohort study between 2005 and 2015. BJGP Open, 5(1), bjgpopen20X101122
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20x101122, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56283
Adamson, D., Byrne, A., Porter, C., Blazeby, J., Griffiths, G., Nelson, A., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Svobodova, M., Fitzsimmons, D., Nixon, L., Fitzgibbon, J., Thomas, S., Millin, A., Crosby, T., Staffurth, J., & Hurt, C. (2021). Palliative radiotherapy after oesophageal cancer stenting (ROCS): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 6(4), 292-303.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(21)00004-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56284
Jones, M., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Gray, H., Wilkes, H., Lloyd-Bennett, C., Beddow, K., Bevan, M., & Fitzsimmons, D. (2020). Rapid cancer diagnosis for patients with vague symptoms: a cost-effectiveness study. British Journal of General Practice, 70(692), e186-e192.
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20x708077, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53256

All Research

Journal Articles

Ryan, B., Jones, M., Anderson, P., Reynolds, R., Nicholls, R., Cullen, K., Davies, M., North, R., Molik, B., & Wallace, C. (2024). Hospital to community in Wales: What is the value of optometrists playing a greater role in managing neovascular AMD and glaucoma in primary care?. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.13397, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67964
Cullen, K., Jones, M., Sheehan, C., Game, F., Vedhara, K., & Fitzsimmons, D. (2023). Development of a resource-use measure to capture costs of diabetic foot ulcers to the United Kingdom National Health Service, patients and society. Journal of Research in Nursing, 28(8), 565-578.
https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231208108, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64907
Jones, M., Lowin, J., Sewell, B., Gemine, R., Rees, S., Lanyon, K., & Lewis, K. (2023). The Economic Potential of Smoking Cessation Interventions at the Point of Diagnosis of Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Value in Health, 26(8), 1192-1200.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2023.03.2429, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2023.03.2429
Cullen, K., Jones, M., Pockett, R., Burton, A., Cross, T., Rowe, I., Paley, L., Tataru, D., Alexander, G., Marshall, A., & Fitzsimmons, D. (2023). Cost of hepatocellular carcinoma to the national health service in England: a registry-based analysis. BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 10(1), e000998
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2022-000998, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2022-000998
Eze, B. & Jones, M. (2022). Investigating physician self-referral in public hospitals in South East Nigeria: Insights from stakeholders. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 14(1)
https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.3271, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61793
Eze, B. & Jones, M. (2022). Does the perceived healthcare quality provided by full-time government employee doctors in the public system differ from the perceived care quality in their own privately managed facilities in Nigeria?. Journal of Hospital Administration, 10(6), 1
https://doi.org/10.5430/jha.v10n6p1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59168
Moriarty, Y., Lau, M., Sewell, B., Trubey, R., Quinn-Scoggins, H., Owen, S., Padgett, L., Kolovou, V., Hepburn, J., Buckle, P., Playle, R., Townson, J., Robling, M., Gilbert, S., Dimitropoulou, P., Edwards, A., Mitchell, C., Matthews, M., Smits, S...., & team), . (2021). Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a targeted cancer awareness intervention for adults living in deprived areas of the UK. British Journal of Cancer, 125(8), 1100-1110.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01524-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57888
Adamson, D., Blazeby, J., Porter, C., Hurt, C., Griffiths, G., Nelson, A., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Svobodova, M., Fitzsimmons, D., Nixon, L., Fitzgibbon, J., Thomas, S., Millin, A., Crosby, T., Staffurth, J., & Byrne, A. (2021). Palliative radiotherapy combined with stent insertion to reduce recurrent dysphagia in oesophageal cancer patients: the ROCS RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 25(31), 1-144.
https://doi.org/10.3310/hta25310, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56975
Adamson, D., Byrne, A., Porter, C., Blazeby, J., Griffiths, G., Nelson, A., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Svobodova, M., Fitzsimmons, D., Nixon, L., Fitzgibbon, J., Thomas, S., Millin, A., Crosby, T., Staffurth, J., & Hurt, C. (2021). Palliative radiotherapy after oesophageal cancer stenting (ROCS): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 6(4), 292-303.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(21)00004-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56284
Davies, E., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Phillips, C., & Rance, J. (2021). Examining opioid prescribing trends for non-cancer pain using an estimated oral morphine equivalence measure: a retrospective cohort study between 2005 and 2015. BJGP Open, 5(1), bjgpopen20X101122
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20x101122, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56283
Byrne, A., Adamson, D., Porter, C., Blazeby, J., Griffiths, G., Nelson, A., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Millin, T., Staffurth, J., Crosby, T., & Hurt, C. (2020). Radiotherapy after esophageal cancer stenting (ROCS): A pragmatic randomized controlled trial evaluating the role of palliative radiotherapy in maintaining swallow.. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38(15_suppl), 4569-4569.
https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.4569, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54684
Jones, M., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Gray, H., Wilkes, H., Lloyd-Bennett, C., Beddow, K., Bevan, M., & Fitzsimmons, D. (2020). Rapid cancer diagnosis for patients with vague symptoms: a cost-effectiveness study. British Journal of General Practice, 70(692), e186-e192.
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20x708077, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53256
Jones, M., Csontos, J., Fitzsimmons, D., Wilkinson, W., Horton, J., Love-Gould, L., Tee, A., & Watts, T. (2019). Realist evaluation of cancer rehabilitation services in South Wales (REEACaRS): a mixed methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 9(4), e025953
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025953, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50098
Coffey, M., Hannigan, B., Meudell, A., Jones, M., Hunt, J., Fitzsimmons, D., & Fitzsimmons, D. (2019). Quality of life, recovery and decision-making: a mixed methods study of mental health recovery in social care. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54(6), 715-723.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1635-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45988
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-018-1635-6
Fitzsimmons, D., Phillips, C., Bennett, H., Jones, M., Williams, N., Lewis, R., Sutton, A., Matar, H., Din, N., Burton, K., Nafees, S., Hendry, M., Rickard, I., & Wilkinson, C. (2014). Cost-effectiveness of different strategies to manage patients with sciatica. PAIN®
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2014.04.008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17939
Joseph-Williams, N., Jones, M., Griffiths, J., Williams, J., Evans, R., Edwards, A., Kynaston, H., Cochlin, D., Newcombe, R., Kinnersley, P., White, P., Grol, R., & Elwyn, G. (2013). The cost implications of informed decision-making: a mathematical simulation model of the potential financial effects of a web-based prostate specific antigen decision aid. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 1(1), 193
https://doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v1i1.651, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29185
Lewis, R., Williams, N., Matar, H., Din, N., Phillips, C., Jones, M., Sutton, A., Burton, K., Nafees, S., Hendry, M., Rickard, I., Chakravety, R., Wilkinson, C., Fitzsimmons, D., & Jones, M. (2011). The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of management strategies for sciatica: systematic review and economic model. Health Technol Assess, 15(39), 1-578.
https://doi.org/10.3310/hta15390, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6870
Burton, D., Blundell, N., Jones, M., Fraser, A., & Elwyn, G. (2010). Shared decision-making in cardiology: Do patients want it and do doctors provide it?. Patient Education and Counseling, 80(2), 173-179.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.013, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29183
Evans, R., Joseph-Williams, N., Edwards, A., Newcombe, R., Wright, P., Kinnersley, P., Griffiths, J., Jones, M., Williams, J., Grol, R., & Elwyn, G. (2010). Supporting Informed Decision Making for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Testing on the Web: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 12(3), e27
https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.1305, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29184
Griffiths, J., Jones, M., Read, M., & Williams, J. (2010). A Simulation Model of Bed-occupancy in a Critical Care Unit. Journal of Simulation, 4(1), 52-59.
https://doi.org/10.1057/jos.2009.22, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jos.2009.22

Conference Contributions

Jones, M., J, C., T, W., & D, R. (2019). Secondary analysis of routinely collected cancer rehabilitation data from a specialist service in South Wales, UK. In International Conference on Cancer Nursing 2021
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56252
http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/126542

Other Research Outputs

Davies, E., Sewell, B., Jones, M., Phillips, C., & Rance, J. (2019). Examining the burden of opioid prescribing for non-cancer pain considering socio-economic differences, in Wales. A retrospective database study examining trends between 2005 – 2015
https://doi.org/10.1101/19012625, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55627