Table 1.

Targeted population, weights, and estimands

Method for controlling confoundersWeights for treated, untreatedTarget populationEstimand
Inverse weighting 
,
 
Combined from the treated and untreated ATE 
 1,
 
Treated population ATT 
 
,1 
Control population ATC 
 1-e
, e
 
Overlapping population ATO 
 
,
 
Trimming population Not specified 
Matching 
,
 
Matching population ATT 
Matching-adjusted indirect comparison 
,1 
Control population ATC 
Method for controlling confoundersWeights for treated, untreatedTarget populationEstimand
Inverse weighting 
,
 
Combined from the treated and untreated ATE 
 1,
 
Treated population ATT 
 
,1 
Control population ATC 
 1-e
, e
 
Overlapping population ATO 
 
,
 
Trimming population Not specified 
Matching 
,
 
Matching population ATT 
Matching-adjusted indirect comparison 
,1 
Control population ATC 

e(x)=PS=Pr(T=1|V) is the propensity score, where T = 1 for the single-arm treatment group, T = 0 for the external control group, and V is the set of observed confounders in both groups.

ATO, average treatment effect in the overlap population.

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