Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Background and objectives
The Project Group is aimed to offer workshops to learn more about the DEA method, share experience and gain practical knowledge. DEA is a quantitative method to empirically measure efficiency (best-practice) of decision-making units and a potential useful tool in performance audits. The workshops will also potentially cover other benchmarking methods such as Statistic Frontier Analysis (SFA), Free Disposal Hull (FDH), etc.
DEA is a method developed in the late 1970s to evaluate the efficiency of non-profit organizations, where the basic question is how to measure the relation between inputs and outputs. Efficiency is defined as a best practice. The method is ideal when you have many units doing the same thing and you have multiple inputs and/or multiple outputs (services).
The Swedish NAO has studied efficiency and productivity in several reports with the DEA method, in such areas as:
- Universities and University colleges (RiR 2011:2).
- Local employment offices (RiR 2012:9).
- District courts (RiR 2017:6).
- Universities in the Nordic countries (RiR 2019:21) Collaboration between the Nordic SAIs.
- Prisons (RiR 2020:16).
The method has also been used by a number of other EUROSAI members.
Contact
Christian.andersson@riksrevisionen.seDocumentation
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Efficiency and productivity of district courts - Summary and recommendations
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Resource efficiency and productivity of Swedish higher education institutions in the Nordic countries
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Efficiency at Swedish Prison and Probation Service prisons - Summary and recommendations
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Terms of Reference EUROSAI Project Group on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and other benchmarking methods
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