Two Surface Amalgam Filling ..... 20... 0.0.2... eee
Three Serface Amalgam Filling..........0 0.0.0.2... cee eee ee
Oral Prophylaxis................. Lee eee tenes
Gingivius Treatments. .... ....
Cees

2.00
- 50
.00

Prosthesis, if practjcal to attempt, cost:
Full Upper Denture ............. Ce eke bee ee eee $25. 00
Full Lower Denture........... bebe e tet teeter cess. 25,00
Partial Dentures, per tooth.
Cee bee een
2. 00
Clasps for Partial Dentures extra, per Clasp ee bee eee
2, 50
Gold Shell Crowns, Anterior... 0000000000 ee eee
5,00
Gold Shell Crowns, Posterior...

.....

......

ee

ne

eee

ne

eee

6. 00

Bridge Abutment Shell Crown, Anterior . ...... Le eee eee eee
Bridge Abutment Shell Crown, Posterior ... 20.0. 02.000.0...0.0005.
Cast Full Crown, Bridge Abutment .....
.......... Lone
Cast Three-quarter Crown, Bridge Abutment.
De ee eee
Inlay, Bridge Abutment, Two Surface........... 000.0... 0 0000 .
Inlay, Bridge Abutment, Three Surface. . . ......
Ce ae
Dummys, per Tooth 00... 0.0000 ee Loe.)
Gold Inlay, One Surface.. 20000 ce

5. 00
7.00
12.00
10, 00
10.00
12, 00
50
8. 00

Gold Inlay, Three Surface.

62, 00

Gold Inlay, Two Surface...

2 6 | 02. eee, bce tee
Lae

re

Leos.)

10.00

Charges were collected by the senior medical officers and dentists
then transferred to the supply officers or their agent cashiers anc
remitted by them to the treasurer of the Trust Territory each month
HiComTerPacls made quarterlyallocations from these collections anc
other fundsin the Trust Territory treasury to each civil administratior
unit for medical and dental supplies and materials and subsistenc«
charges for dispensary patients.

Total collections from indigenous patients amounted to $5342.65 for

fiscal year 1948; $15,565.31 for 1950; $25,351.78 for 1951.
Medical services provided by the USS WHIDBEYandthe Tiniar
Leprosarium were free but Trust Territory patients at the Guam
Memorial Hospital were charged three dollars a day plus any extra
service costs.” If the hospital charges placed an undue hardship on
a patient, HiComTerPacIs paid the costs, including a five dollar
allowance for incidentals, from Trust Territory Treasury monies.
The administration considered payment of medical and dental
charges an educational measure to make the people aware of their
responsibilities and “not by any means as an attempt to make the
medical service program payfor itself, as is obvious from the charges
prescribed whichare but token payments,scaled downto native pocketbooks.” Therefore, it considered the policy basically sound on these
grounds:
** ComMarianas msg of 21 Aug 4.

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