Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and other benchmarking methods
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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Resource efficiency and productivity of Swedish higher education institutions in the Nordic countries
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