This dataset contains data on hospital utilization, prescribed fire occurrence, and wildfire smoke exposure for heart failure patients contained within the EPA CARES resource. This dataset is not publicly accessible because: The dataset is comprised of electronic health records included protected health information such as medical history as well as personally identifiable information such as residential address location. Such information is protected by federal statute including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and cannot be uploaded into ScienceHub. It can be accessed through the following means: The data can be accessed only after obtaining an approved Institutional Review Board Application covering the data and then accessing the data via secured network drives. Format: The data is tabular data containing information on inpatient and outpatient hospital visits, demographics, residential history, socioeconomic status, dates and locations of prescribed fires, and the estimated wildfire smoke occurrence at the zip code level.

This dataset is associated with the following publication: Raab, H., J. Moyer, S. Afrin, F. Garcia-Menendez, and C. Ward-Caviness. Prescribed Fires, Smoke Exposure, and Hospital Utilization Among Heart Failure Patients. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. Academic Press Incorporated, Orlando, FL, USA, 22(1): 86, (2023).