PUBLISHED WORK
Santos, T.; Lindrooth, R.; Young, G.J.; Lee, S.D. Financial Assistance Policy, Hospital Charity Care, and Medical Debt in Collections. (2026) JAMA Network Open
Owsley, K.; Santos, T.; Hamer, M. Protecting Patients in the U.S. from the Financial Burden of Cancer Immunotherapy: What Can Be Done? (2026) Immunotherapy (Invited Editorial)
Burns, A.; Kim, B.; Cronin, C.; He, H.*; Santos, T. National compliance with community engagement in nonprofit hospital community benefit activities. (2026) JAMA Network Open (*PhD mentee)
Singh, S.; Santos, T.; Puro, N.; Cronin, C. Association between comprehensiveness of nonprofit hospitals’ health equity strategies and their community benefit spending. (2026) Journal of Public Health Management & Practice
Olin, S*; Owsley, K.; Stoecker, C.; Santos, T. Long-Term Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Not-for-Profit Hospital Community Benefit Spending in the Southern US. (2025) Medical Care (*PhD Mentee)
Santos, T.; Lindrooth, R.C.; Owsley, K; Lee, S.D.; Young, G. J. Oregon Community Benefit Reform Influenced Not-For-Profit Hospital Charity Care and Medical Debt Write-Off. (2025) Health Affairs
Santos, T.; Young, G.; Lee, S.D.; Owsley, K. Oregon Not-for-Profit Hospital Community Benefit Policy: Trends in Community Benefit Spending. (2025) Healthcare
Owsley, K; Santos, T. Evaluating Not-For-Profit Hospital Community Benefit Spending: Transparency, Accountability, and Fair Share Spending. (2025) Medical Care
Santos, T., Bergman, A., Smith-McLallen, A. Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment in Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (2024). JAMA Network Open
Cronin, C.; Singh, S.; Burns, A.; Yeager, V.; Puro, N.; Santos, T.; Mathew, A.; Franz, B. Ohio Presents Opportunities for Understanding Hospital Alignment with Public Health Agencies on Community Health Assessments. (2024) Health Affairs
Santos, T., Young, G. Evolution of Hospitals’ Community Benefits: Addressing Social Determinants of Health through Investments in Housing Security (2024). Medical Care
Rhodes, J., Santos, T., Young, G. Hospitals’ Uneven Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023). Health Affairs Scholar
Rhodes, J.H.; Santos, T.; Young, G. (2023) The Early Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospital Finances. Journal of Healthcare Management
Santos, T.; Lindrooth, R.C. (2021) Nonprofit Hospital Community Benefits: Collaboration with Local Health Departments to Address the Drug Epidemic. Medical Care
Santos, T.; Shoou-Yih, D.L.; East, C.; Lindrooth, R.C. (2021) Can Collaboration Between Nonprofit Hospitals and Local Health Departments Influence Population Health Investments by Nonprofit Hospitals? Medical Care
Santos, T.; Singh, S.; Young, G. (2021) Medicaid Expansion and Hospitals’ Financial Status: National and State-Level Estimates using IRS and CMS data. 2011-2016. Medical Care Research and Review
Santos, T. (2020) Nonprofit Hospital Targeted Health Priorities and Collaboration with Local Health Departments in the First Round Post-ACA: A National Descriptive Study. Front. Public Health 8:88
Ramadan, O.; Santos, T.; Stoecker, J.B.; Belkin, N.; Rice, J.; Jackson, B.M.; Schneider, D.B.; Wang, G.J. (2022) The Differential Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Disparities in Outcomes Following Peripheral Vascular Intervention. Annals of Vascular Surgery
Da Silva, D. T.; Santos, T.; Petsis, D.; Mahajan, A.; Bonett, S.; Wood, S. (2022) Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhea retesting among adolescents and young adults in a primary care network. 2014-2020. Journal of Adolescent Health
Santos, T. Hospital Collaboration with Local Health Departments on Community Health Improvement Activities: Is the Whole More Effective Than the Sum of Its Parts? (2020) Health Services Research – Special Issue (Abstract)
Johnson EK, Hardy R, Santos T, Leider JP, Lindrooth RC, Tung GJ. State Laws and Nonprofit Hospital Community Benefit Spending. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2019;25(4):E9-E17. doi:10.1097/PHH.0000000000000885
WORK UNDER REVIEW
Owsley, K., Santos, T. State-Level Community Benefit Laws and Not-For-Profit Hospitals’ Use of 340B Savings. Under Review.
Santos, T.; Perrone, J.; Franz, B; Cronin, C; and Mouslim, M. Not-For-Profit Hospital Prioritization of Opioid Use Disorder and Self-Pay Prices For Medications Prescribed for OUD. Under Review.
Goodman, C.; Santos, T.; Jacobs, M.; and Cronin, C. Do Tax-Exempt Hospitals Improve Charity Care Based on Their Community Health Needs Assessments? Under Review.
Santos, T.; Li, S.*; Thomas, C.*; and Pamir, K.* Alignment of Community Benefit Activities With State Health Priorities Among Louisiana Not-For-Profit Hospitals. Under Review. (* MD mentee)
WORK IN PROGRESS
Santos, T.; Lindrooth, R.; Young, G.J.; Lee, S.D. The Other Oregon Experiment: Not-For-Profit Hospital Community Benefit Spending Floors.
Santos, T.; Franz, B.; Cronin, C.; Singh, S.; Yaeger, V.; Burns, A. Not-For-Profit Hospital Compliance with ACA Section 501(r)(3) Requirements: An Examination of Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy Reports.
Santos, T.; Cronin, C.; Singh, S.; Burns, A.; Franz, B., Yeager VA. Nonprofit Hospital Community Benefit: 15 Years Post-Affordable Care Act.
Santos, T., Young, G.; Lindrooth, R.; Lee, S.D. Not-For-Profit Hospital Governance and Community Benefit Spending in Population Health
Santos, T.; Lindrooth, R. Not-For-Profit Hospital Financial Performance and Community Benefit Spending
Hogg-Graham, R.; Santos, T.; Owsley, K.; Huang, H.; Clear, E.; Mays, G. Association between hospital participation in the delivery of core population health activities and hospital readmission rates.
Santos T, Perrone J, Smith-McLallen A. Does Provision of Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Use Disorder in the Primary Care Setting Improve Access and Patient Outcomes?