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The monetary value of reduced healthcare costs due to vegetation in the surroundings of people’s homes is calculated as followed:

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Where:

• ’€_{reduced healthcare costs}’, is the monetary value of avoided healthcare costs [€ dam ^-1 yr^-1];
• ’HealthEffects_vegetation’, is the health effects of an area of vegetation [reduced doctor’s visits dam^-2 vegetation yr^-1].
• ’HealthCosts’, the annual avoided health costs per patient [€ patient^-1 yr^-1].

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