So sánh phương pháp

	Phân tích độ nhạy cho tính nhân quả	Phương pháp Biến Công cụ (IV) cho Suy luận Nhân quả
Lĩnh vực	Suy luận nhân quả	Kinh tế học y tế
Họ	Regression model	Process / pipeline
Năm ra đời	1983–2002	1990s (modern applications)
Người khởi xướng	Paul R. Rosenbaum (hidden-bias framework); extended by Cinelli & Hazlett (omitted-variable approach)	Angrist & Pischke (applied econometrics); rooted in econometric theory
Loại	Diagnostic / robustness check	Method
Công trình gốc	Rosenbaum, P. R. (2002). Observational Studies (2nd ed.). Springer. ISBN: 978-0387989679	Angrist, J. D., & Pischke, J. S. (2009). Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Tên gọi khác	sensitivity analysis, hidden-bias sensitivity analysis, Rosenbaum sensitivity analysis, omitted-variable sensitivity	IV, two-stage least squares, TSLS, causal estimation
Liên quan	4	3
Tóm tắt	Sensitivity analysis for causality assesses how robust a causal conclusion is to unobserved confounding. Rather than assuming all confounders are controlled, it asks: how strong would an unmeasured variable need to be to overturn the estimated effect? It is an indispensable robustness check after any quasi-experimental or observational causal analysis.	Instrumental variables (IV) is an econometric method to estimate causal effects when treatment or exposure is not randomly assigned and confounding is severe or unmeasured. IV relies on a third variable (instrument) that influences treatment but does not directly affect the outcome, allowing researchers to isolate the causal effect from the noise of confounding. Developed extensively in econometrics (Angrist & Pischke, 1990s–2000s), IV methods are increasingly used in health economics and health services research to leverage natural experiments and policy changes.