Irina Popescu
Biographic Data
| ID | 257676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irina Popescu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irina |
| FAMILY NAME | Popescu |
| SIGNATURE | POPESCU I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8445-1949 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
WT1-Related Nephropathy in a Phenotypically Female Child
WT1-related disorders comprise a spectrum of conditions resulting from mutations or deletions of the WT1 gene. Alteration in this gene have been associated with many syndromes, including WAGR syndrome, Denys-Drash syndrome (DDS), Frasier syndrome (FS) and Meacham syndrome. We present the case of an 8-year-old phenotypically female child with symptoms of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), hypertension and anasarca, requiring renal replacement therap…
Healing as a Feminist Praxis
This article investigates how two Latine contemporary artists and a Chilean feminist activist collective construct and empower healing as a feminist praxis in their works on gender violence. At the core of this article is an investigation of three central methods that encompass what I term “the feminist praxis of healing”: first, healing as a means of historical recovery via the documentation of gender violence as a crime against humanity; second…
The segregation of physician networks providing care to black and white patients with heart disease
Structures of empathy
Did the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Reduce Readmissions without Hurting Patient Outcomes at High Dual-Proportion Hospitals Prior to Stratification
Since the implementation of Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), safety-net hospitals have received a disproportionate share of financial penalties for excess readmissions, raising concerns about the fairness of the policy. In response, the HRRP now stratifies hospitals into five quintiles by low-income Medicare (dual Medicare-Medicaid eligible) stay proportion and compares readmission rates within quintiles. To better under…
Geographic Variation in Medicare Fee-for-Service Health Care Expenditures Before and After the Passage of the Affordable Care Act
Geographic variation in total per-beneficiary Medicare spending fell from 2007 to 2018, with home health spending being a key factor associated with geographic variation. The ACA's value-based payment programs and enhanced integrity efforts in home health provide a possible explanation for the decrease
A Decomposition Method to Assess the Contributions of Geographic and Nongeographic Factors to White-Black Disparities in Health Care
BACKGROUND: Black-white gaps in high-quality hospital use are documented, but the relative contributions of various factors are unclear. The objective of this study was to quantify the contributions of differences in geographic and nongeographic factors to the gap, using decomposition methods and data for coronary heart disease. RESEARCH DESIGN: We identified white and black fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 or older who were hospitalized for…
Trends in the Use of Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Care Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
BACKGROUND: Medicare's Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) penalizes hospitals with elevated 30-day readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF), or pneumonia. To reduce readmissions, hospitals may have increased referrals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health care. RESEARCH DESIGN: Outcomes included 30-day postdischarge utilization of SNF and home health care, including any use as well as d…
The Little White / Black Book of the Ethnological Archive of the Museum of the Romanian Peasant. 2009-2019
In the last 10 years, the Ethnological Archive of the Museum of the Romanian Peasant has gone through different stages during a period marked, on the one hand, by the settling down of the Museum, and on the other hand, by the passing of the torch from the “old” to the “new” generation. At present, the Archive is facing an ambiguous era: while the team blossoms, the lack of vision and financial resources in the wider Romanian cultural context pull…
Empathetic trappings
Octavia Butler's 1979 novel, Kindred, is a postmodern slave narrative that redefines the previous literary constructions of slavery in the United States. Through its rejection of the nineteenth cen
Differences in Use of High-quality and Low-quality Hospitals Among Working-age Individuals by Insurance Type
BACKGROUND: Research suggests that individuals with Medicaid or no insurance receive fewer evidence-based treatments and have worse outcomes than those with private insurance for a broad range of conditions. These differences may be due to patients' receiving care in hospitals of different quality. RESEARCH DESIGN: We used the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases 2009-2010 data to identify patients aged 18-64 years wi…
Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Differences in Colorectal and Breast Cancer Treatment Quality
BACKGROUND: Despite a large body of research showing racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in cancer treatment quality, the relative role of physician-level variations in care is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of physicians on disparities in breast and colorectal cancer care. SUBJECTS: Linked SEER Medicare data were used to identify Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with colorectal and breast cancer during 1995-2007 and their trea…
Use of hydrodynamic models for the management of the Danube Delta wetlands
Applying the Direct Absorption Method and LSC for 14 C Concentration Measurement in Aqueous Samples
We investigated a simple, reliable radiocarbon measurement procedure for water samples using the direct absorption method for sample preparation, followed by low-level liquid scintillation spectrometry. This process has involved quantitative evaluation of the conversion steps in order to estimate the appropriate working parameters. The 14 C activity of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) for several types of water (ranging from seawater to groundwat…
Applying the Direct Absorption Method and LSC for 14 C Concentration Measurement in Aqueous Samples
We investigated a simple, reliable radiocarbon measurement procedure for water samples using the direct absorption method for sample preparation, followed by low-level liquid scintillation spectrometry. This process has involved quantitative evaluation of the conversion steps in order to estimate the appropriate working parameters. The 14 C activity of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) for several types of water (ranging from seawater to groundwat…
The segregation of physician networks providing care to black and white patients with heart disease
Applying the Direct Absorption Method and LSC for 14 C Concentration Measurement in Aqueous Samples
We investigated a simple, reliable radiocarbon measurement procedure for water samples using the direct absorption method for sample preparation, followed by low-level liquid scintillation spectrometry. This process has involved quantitative evaluation of the conversion steps in order to estimate the appropriate working parameters. The 14 C activity of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) for several types of water (ranging from seawater to groundwat…
Use of hydrodynamic models for the management of the Danube Delta wetlands
Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Differences in Colorectal and Breast Cancer Treatment Quality
BACKGROUND: Despite a large body of research showing racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in cancer treatment quality, the relative role of physician-level variations in care is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of physicians on disparities in breast and colorectal cancer care. SUBJECTS: Linked SEER Medicare data were used to identify Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with colorectal and breast cancer during 1995-2007 and their trea…
Empathetic trappings
Octavia Butler's 1979 novel, Kindred, is a postmodern slave narrative that redefines the previous literary constructions of slavery in the United States. Through its rejection of the nineteenth cen
Differences in Use of High-quality and Low-quality Hospitals Among Working-age Individuals by Insurance Type
BACKGROUND: Research suggests that individuals with Medicaid or no insurance receive fewer evidence-based treatments and have worse outcomes than those with private insurance for a broad range of conditions. These differences may be due to patients' receiving care in hospitals of different quality. RESEARCH DESIGN: We used the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases 2009-2010 data to identify patients aged 18-64 years wi…
Trends in the Use of Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Care Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
BACKGROUND: Medicare's Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) penalizes hospitals with elevated 30-day readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF), or pneumonia. To reduce readmissions, hospitals may have increased referrals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health care. RESEARCH DESIGN: Outcomes included 30-day postdischarge utilization of SNF and home health care, including any use as well as d…
The Little White / Black Book of the Ethnological Archive of the Museum of the Romanian Peasant. 2009-2019
In the last 10 years, the Ethnological Archive of the Museum of the Romanian Peasant has gone through different stages during a period marked, on the one hand, by the settling down of the Museum, and on the other hand, by the passing of the torch from the “old” to the “new” generation. At present, the Archive is facing an ambiguous era: while the team blossoms, the lack of vision and financial resources in the wider Romanian cultural context pull…
A Decomposition Method to Assess the Contributions of Geographic and Nongeographic Factors to White-Black Disparities in Health Care
BACKGROUND: Black-white gaps in high-quality hospital use are documented, but the relative contributions of various factors are unclear. The objective of this study was to quantify the contributions of differences in geographic and nongeographic factors to the gap, using decomposition methods and data for coronary heart disease. RESEARCH DESIGN: We identified white and black fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 or older who were hospitalized for…
Geographic Variation in Medicare Fee-for-Service Health Care Expenditures Before and After the Passage of the Affordable Care Act
Geographic variation in total per-beneficiary Medicare spending fell from 2007 to 2018, with home health spending being a key factor associated with geographic variation. The ACA's value-based payment programs and enhanced integrity efforts in home health provide a possible explanation for the decrease
Did the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Reduce Readmissions without Hurting Patient Outcomes at High Dual-Proportion Hospitals Prior to Stratification
Since the implementation of Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), safety-net hospitals have received a disproportionate share of financial penalties for excess readmissions, raising concerns about the fairness of the policy. In response, the HRRP now stratifies hospitals into five quintiles by low-income Medicare (dual Medicare-Medicaid eligible) stay proportion and compares readmission rates within quintiles. To better under…
Structures of empathy
The segregation of physician networks providing care to black and white patients with heart disease
WT1-Related Nephropathy in a Phenotypically Female Child
WT1-related disorders comprise a spectrum of conditions resulting from mutations or deletions of the WT1 gene. Alteration in this gene have been associated with many syndromes, including WAGR syndrome, Denys-Drash syndrome (DDS), Frasier syndrome (FS) and Meacham syndrome. We present the case of an 8-year-old phenotypically female child with symptoms of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), hypertension and anasarca, requiring renal replacement therap…
Healing as a Feminist Praxis
This article investigates how two Latine contemporary artists and a Chilean feminist activist collective construct and empower healing as a feminist praxis in their works on gender violence. At the core of this article is an investigation of three central methods that encompass what I term “the feminist praxis of healing”: first, healing as a means of historical recovery via the documentation of gender violence as a crime against humanity; second…
Medicine (8 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Emergency Medicine (4 works) · Emergency Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Population (4 works)