{"id":68004,"date":"2022-06-09T11:57:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T15:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/?page_id=68004"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:15:49","slug":"permissions-citations-reprints","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\/permissions-citations-reprints\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Cite KFF and Reprint Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">How to Cite KFF and Reprint Materials<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We encourage news organizations, legislative bodies, academic institutions and other organizations providing information on health care issues, to link to or reprint KFF\u2019s content, for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-how-to-refer-to-us\">How to Refer to Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Our brand is KFF. We should be cited as a nonprofit health policy research, polling, and news organization. Learn more <a href=\"\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">about us<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">KFF\u2019s website content is licensed under a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license<\/a>&nbsp;that allows for the sharing of our information with proper attribution and without alteration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-may-i-reprint-your-material\">May I reprint your material?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Yes! KFF materials may be reprinted, in whole or in part, without written permission, if they are not altered, and if your readers will not be charged for access (except for tuition or course pack fees). Textbook authors and commercial publishers have permission to cite our materials or reprint specific charts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">All original KFF content is copyrighted material.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Please follow the recommended <a href=\"#cite-work\">citation format<\/a> below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-may-i-link-to-your-materials\">May I link to Your materials?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Yes! You may link to any content on kff.org without express permission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">If you republish KFF materials online, please link directly to the web page of the report or resource. Do not link directly to PDFs on kff.org.&nbsp; PDFs are often updated and a link directly to the PDF bypasses the webpage where updates and new versions are made available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"cite-work\">How do I cite your work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-6-font-size\" id=\"h-publications-reports-polls-and-surveys-fact-sheets-issue-briefs-etc\">Publications (Reports, Polls and Surveys, Fact Sheets, Issue Briefs, etc.)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">For publications with <strong>no authors<\/strong> listed:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">[Title of publication], (KFF, [date of publication]) [URL] (date accessed).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">For publications <strong>with authors<\/strong> listed:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">[Author(s)], [Title of publication], (KFF, [date of publication]) [URL] (date accessed).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-6-font-size\" id=\"h-data-indicators-from-kff-s-nbsp-state-health-facts\">Data Indicators from KFF\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"\/state-health-facts\/\">State Health Facts<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Most of KFF\u2019s State Health Facts information is public and may be reproduced for free with appropriate citation.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">In a few cases, the data are copyrighted and the authors have requested that the data not be reproduced without express permission. If this is the case, the sourcing information on the data indicator web page will specify.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Follow the citation guidance provided on the&nbsp;<a href=\"\/about-state-health-facts\/\">About State Health Facts<\/a>&nbsp;page. Please&nbsp;<a href=\"\/about-us\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>&nbsp;if you have questions about data use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-6-font-size\" id=\"h-all-other-content\">All Other content<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">For all other content, follow this citation guidance:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">[Content title], KFF, accessed [Date], [URL]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-6-font-size\" id=\"h-a-note-about-videos\">A note about Videos:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Any videos produced by KFF must be cited. &nbsp;Follow the citation style outlined directly above. Videos cannot be downloaded from the kff.org site and re-uploaded to an individual\u2019s YouTube channel. Videos may be embedded within an organization or individual\u2019s website for free via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCh5BiptKZelzOamcmOeq6BA\">KFF\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-6-font-size\" id=\"h-a-note-about-kff-health-news-kff-health-news\">A note about KFF Health News (KFF Health News):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Please follow the guidance provided on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kffhealthnews.org\/Syndication.aspx\">KFF Health News\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-may-i-use-your-logo\">May I use your logo?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">To request permission to use our logo, please complete the <a href=\"\/about-us\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>&nbsp;form and select the &#8220;KFF logo use request&#8221; option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-how-do-i-make-a-request-not-covered-above\">How do I make a request not covered above?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">If the information provided above does not answer your specific reprint or citation questions, you may&nbsp;<a href=\"\/about-us\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thank you!&nbsp;<\/strong>We always appreciate hearing about how our materials are being used.&nbsp; Please&nbsp;<a href=\"\/about-us\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>&nbsp;to send us a note about how you\u2019re using KFF\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We encourage news organizations, legislative bodies, academic institutions and other organizations providing information on health care issues, to link to or reprint KFF\u2019s content, for free. 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