The need to ensure quality healthcare especially at the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) necessitated this study. A multi-stage sampling technique resulted in the selection and interview of 197 patrons of PHCs in rural, semi-urban and urban locations in the study area. Results indicate that most patrons were women (71.6%), married (66.0%) with family size of 2-4 members (65.5%). Whereas services like education for health (68.0%), safe water and sanitation (69.5%), and emergency treatment (61.9%) were available to most patrons, expanded programme on immunization (44.6%), maternal and child health (36.5%) and treatment of communicable diseases (35.0%) were available to fewer patrons. Also, access to expanded programme on immunization (60.9%), maternal and child health (70.7%), nutrition (60.9%) and treatment of communicable diseases (73.2%). were not available to significant proportion of the clinic attendees in rural locations. Patrons were constrained by long client waiting time and low health workers patient ratio in rural ( =2.6) and urban ( =2.0) areas. Patrons differ across locations (F= 1.2; p ? 0.05) in their perception of the quality of healthcare rendered by PHCs. Government should make all PHCs services available irrespective of locations as recommended by the World Health Organisation. Keywords: Primary healthcare, Patrons, ELEMENTS-P, Perceptio
