Martin McKee1, Johan P Mackenbach2, Peter Allebeck3. 1. 1 European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1H 9SH, UK Martin.Mckee@lshtm@ac.uk. 2. 2 Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, 3000 CA Rotterdam, Netherlands. 3. 3 Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.