Remitterande

Remitterande is a Swedish adjective used primarily in medical and administrative language to describe something that forwards or refers a matter to another party. It is formed from the verb remittera, meaning to send forward or refer, with the present participle ending remitterande. In medical practice, the remitterande läkare is the physician who initiates a referral of a patient to a specialist or other clinician. The referral is typically documented in a remiss (referral letter), which includes patient information, clinical history, reason for referral, and any relevant test results. The receiving clinician is commonly described as the mottagande or receiving party, who takes over the evaluation and treatment.

The term emphasizes the action of forwarding rather than the content of the referral. Outside medicine, remitterande can describe documents or cases that are sent to another authority for consideration in administrative processes. The word is most common in Swedish healthcare settings and is less widely used in everyday language.

Related terms include remiss (the referral) and remissbrev (referral letter), while remittera remains the verb form. The concept is distinct from financial remittance in English, which uses a different set of terms in Swedish.