00859pab a2200169 454500008004000000100001900040245005000059260000900109300001600118362001100134520044000145650001400585650002000599700001900619700001700638773003400655180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGupta, Indrani  aThird pay administrators: theory and practice  c2004  ap.3160-164.  a10 Jul  aThis paper attempts to understand the role of TPAs, and examines the issues that need to be taken into account while evaluating their usefulness and functioning. TPAs, in spite of their importance in enabling accessibility to insured healthcare, cannot be seen as a panacea for the problems of the health sector. The TPA system should be regulated and checked in order to ensure that consumer interest is not compromised. - Reproduced.  aInsurance  aSocial security  aTrivedi, Mayur  aRoy, Abhijit  aEconomic and Political Weekly