Independent profiles
The profiles below provide independent verification of Dr Baines's identity, publications, citations and academic record.
Publication evidence
The Publications page provides the main route into Dr Baines's publication record. It includes ORCID-listed works, selected major publications and links to independent evidence where available.
Live citation counts and h-index are maintained by external indexes such as Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science rather than asserted as fixed figures on this site.
Academic verification
Qualifications, professorial appointments and academic positions that can be checked against university records, archived pages, publication affiliations and official records.
Doctorate
PhD, Health Economics
University of Nottingham
1999
Postgraduate
MSc, Health Economics
University of York
1994
Postgraduate
MSc, Health Care Ethics
University of Birmingham
2000
Undergraduate
BA, Economics
University of York
1992
Founding Director
MSc Health Economics & Health Policy
University of Birmingham
Professorial Appointment
Professor of health economics
Coventry University
Professorial Appointment
Professor of health economics
Bournemouth University
Visiting Appointment
Professor of health economics
University of Lincoln
Evidence may include university records, archived university pages, publication affiliations, professional biography pages and ORCID record.
Claim → evidence mapping
Each claim is mapped to the strongest available evidence source. Evidence levels follow the framework in the Evidence Strength section below.
A Strong external B Archived external C This site D Informal
Identity
Dr Darrin Baines is a British health economist
ORCID, Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, publication records and academic profiles.
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9502-4678
Verified ORCID record, Wikidata Q40406113, ISNI 0000000134374797.
Founder of Intelligent Parameters
Company website, public profiles, structured metadata and Wikidata record.
Machine-readable Semantic Web identity
JSON-LD at /id.json, Turtle/RDF at /id.ttl, and ProfilePage + Person schema on the homepage.
Academic
Former Professor of health economics
University records, archived university pages, publication affiliations and ORCID profile.
Founding Director of the MSc in Health Economics and Health Policy
University of Birmingham records, archived pages and biography documentation.
International health economics partnerships (British Council, China, Egypt)
British Council records, university project records and archived programme pages.
Professional service and health-system roles
Royal Society Parliamentary Pairing Scheme
Paired with Lord David Prior of Brampton through the Royal Society Parliamentary Pairing Scheme.
Regional Economist, NHS North West
Employment record and biographical documentation showing NHS North West service from 2009 to 2012.
Consultancy
Head of Health Economics, Initiate
ORCID employment record and external research-protocol documentation listing Darrin Baines as Head of Health Economics at Initiate.
Director, Modelling & Meta-Analysis, OPEN Health
Public company profile, professional biography and employment record documenting the role.
Interim Head of Health Economics, Clarivate
Company biography, professional profile and public speaker or author records documenting the role.
Publications
227 ORCID-listed works
ORCID-derived publication record, Scopus and Web of Science indexes.
Public written record: 1985–2026
ORCID record, DOI-verified publications and archived records on this site.
Work in prescribing economics and ASTRO-PU
BMJ, Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, PharmacoEconomics — DOI-verified.
Work in HTA, Markov modelling and model verification
Value in Health, Social Science & Medicine — DOI-verified.
Other
Pharmacy history collection
Archive.org collections, book records and archival materials documenting the collection.
Evidence strength
| Level | Source types |
|---|---|
| A | DOI, ORCID, PubMed, Crossref, university page, journal page — strong external evidence |
| B | Archive.org preserved copy of an external page — strong preservation evidence |
| C | This site, essay, note or source commentary — good interpretive evidence |
| D | Social media, loose web mentions or informal references — weak supporting evidence |
Where possible, claims should be supported by A or B evidence. C and D evidence should be used only as supporting context.
Canonical sources
The following sources carry the highest authority for verifying claims about Dr Baines's identity and scholarly record. Each is an independent, persistent identifier or index maintained by a recognised organisation.
LEVEL A — Primary evidence
These sources are used as Level A evidence throughout the verification framework. Claims should be traceable to at least one of these sources wherever possible.
LEVEL B — Preservation evidence
Public archive
The public archive preserves evidence that may otherwise be scattered across journal websites, university pages, old PDFs, conference records, profile pages and web snapshots. This archive supports the verification record, but it does not replace independent sources such as ORCID, DOI records, Scopus, Web of Science or journal pages.
Evidence index
A structured index of claims, sources and archived records. Each claim can link to evidence type, evidence strength and archive location.
Archived pages
Preserved copies of public pages, including profile records, publication pages, project records and media references.
Archive ledger
A structured table of archived items, identifiers, URLs, evidence categories, claims supported and canonical pages.
Link ledger
A structured map of external links including academic profiles, citation indexes, archive records, partner sites and publication evidence.
Machine-readable records
This site also provides structured records for search engines, AI systems, archives and linked-data tools.
Darrin Baines ecosystem
darrinbaines.org is the canonical identity and verification site. The wider network covers consultancy, knowledge, training and AI intelligence.
Why verification matters
Academic and professional identities are often scattered across university pages, journal websites, citation indexes, PDFs, conference records, archived web pages and third-party profiles. This page brings the evidence together so that readers can inspect the public record rather than rely on unsupported claims.
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